Joyous partyers started calling the newfound fossil Lucy. ... South African australopithecines, such as the Taung Child, represented extinct ape species, from his perspective.

Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis remains in 1974, recalls the moment he found the iconic fossil.

'Mosaic' Fossil Could Be Bridge From Apes To Humans A fossil find in a South African cave has ... Lucy and her kind — the diminutive, ape-like Australopithecus that lived 3.2 million years ago ...

Fifty years ago, our understanding of human origins began to change with the discovery of Lucy, a remarkably complete, ...

In 1975, just one year after Lucy was found at Afar Locality 288, the Hadar team discovered more than 200 fossil hominin specimens eroding from a single layer of rock at nearby Afar Locality 333.

All this fighting, over a girl. The Smithsonian says she should stay home. The Houston Museum of Natural Science says she should come visit. Earlier this week, the State Department issued the ...

Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis remains in 1974, recalls the moment he found the iconic fossil.

Lucy quickly became a celebrity of the fossil record. The search for human ancestors. ... or an ape more humanlike than had been found by anyone,” recalled Johanson, ...

Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis remains in 1974, recalls the moment he found the iconic fossil.