Lucy may be the best-known prehuman fossil in the world. But other famous fossils have given us important insight into our ...
The famous early human is still providing lessons to anthropologists about prehistoric Earth and its inhabitants ...
A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins.
Lucy has and continues to play a fundamental role in our understanding of our ancient ancestors and how we evolved.
The 3.2-million-year-old fossil, discovered 50 years ago, is considered to be one of the most significant early hominin ...
“Lucy is one of the first celebrity fossils ... When anthropologist Raymond Dart revealed an australopithecine skull called the “Taung child” from South Africa in 1924, for example, other ...
Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.
In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...