The skull of a 5-year-old girl who lived 140,000 years ago has similarities with modern Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, ...

The author of “Sapiens” says that for the first time in tens of thousands of years, humanity has competition. And it’s coming ...

Lucy, formally known as A.L. 288-1, ... Homo sapiens’ connection. Chimpanzees’ arms are longer than their hind limbs with long, curved fingers adapted for climbing in trees.

One of the most famous fossils in human evolutionary history is known as "Lucy," who belonged to an extinct species called Australopithecus afarensis—an early relative of Homo sapiens who was ...

While Lucy and her relatives were shorter, more ape-like, and had smaller brains than Homo sapiens, they showed just how long human-like creatures were evolving and strolling about on Earth.

Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. ... where we have Neanderthals living with Homo sapiens, a surprising discovery was made from (bones found in) Siberia.

The discovery of a Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old skeleton changed our theory of human evolution forever. The discovery is celebrating its 50-year anniversary, continues to capture human imagination.

Lucy and her fellow australopithecines may have created and used tools more than 3 million years ago, a new study of hand muscles suggests. The finding provides further evidence that tool use ...

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 and her fellow australopithecines may have created and used tools more than 3 million years ago, a new study of hand muscles suggests. ... Homo sapiens, meanwhile, ...

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.