This is a photo of Lucy. Or rather, it’s Lucy, as she was imagined by a sculptor working for a museum. Probably the National ...

Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.

Fifty years ago, the discovery of a human ancestor "Lucy" generated worldwide attention. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with paleoanthropologist Zeray Alemseged about the legacy of the discovery.

The 3.2-million-year-old fossil, discovered 50 years ago, is considered to be one of the most significant early hominin ...

She was, for a while, the oldest known member of the human family. Fifty years after the discovery of Lucy in Ethiopia, the ...

Fifty years after a fossil skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis was unearthed in Ethiopia, we know so much more about how ...

Participants take their own photos ... Nov. 23. Lucy was found by Donald Johanson and Tom Gray on Nov. 24, 1974, at Hadar in ...

When five-year-old golden doodle, Lucy, was diagnosed with T-cell lymphoma, owners Stéphanie Gauvin and Tim MacIsaac knew ...

This week, researchers shared fascinating new findings on Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, and the far side of the ...

A ship-to shore invasion with fleets of Roman battleships fighting with trebuchets and thousands of archers. A naval duel to ...

Perhaps most importantly, Lucy’s discovery foreshadowed a series of fossil finds that filled in the scientific picture of her species. By 1978, enough evidence had accumulated to establish Lucy as the ...

Favorite dishes include the roasted bone marrow, onion soup ... “I want to debunk the typical image of the lover.” The Lucy ...