In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...

Yohannes Haile-Selassie is responsible for some of the most remarkable ancient human fossil discoveries in his home country.

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.

On the anniversary of Lucy’s discovery, paleoanthropologists reflect on what she means to science, and what she taught us ...

The discovery of a Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old skeleton changed our theory of human evolution forever. The discovery is ...

Explore key historical events from Nov. 24-30: from JFK's assassin being shot on live TV, to the mysterious D.B. Cooper ...

Global participates of the 24th Great Ethiopian Run International were captivated by Addis Ababa’s transformative ...

Now, people are thinking about exploring West ... humanlike anatomy" poking out of a rocky hillside in northern Ethiopia. It was the first fossil of a partial skeleton belonging to "Lucy", an ancient ...

Today, we celebrate the 1974 discovery of everyone’s favorite Australopithecus afarensis, Lucy. Fifty years ago on Nov. 24, 1974, a Land Rover with a couple of Cleveland fossil hunters rumbled into a ...

Games Car rental On Nov. 24, 1974, American paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson co-led the discovery of a collection of fossilized bones in Ethiopia that turned ... archival collection of Lucy and the ...

Welcome to This Day in History! Today, we take a moment to reflect on some significant events that have shaped our world on ...