8 Interesting Facts About Lucy the Ancient Ape Few australopithecines have shed light on human evolution quite like Lucy.

Fifty years after a fossil skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis was unearthed in Ethiopia, we know so much more about how this iconic species lived and died.

Lucy Dreaming is a Monkey Island style adventure game combining old-school point-and-click gameplay and puzzles with witty writing, and it’s out now on Steam ...

Three million years of human evolution began with this face. Scientists put a face to a name in an epic way after digitally recreating the visage of Lucy, humanity’s most famous primate ancestor ...

Lucy’s Legacy A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins.

Lucy was shorter than the average human, reaching about 3.3 feet (1 meter) in height, had an ape-like face and a brain about one-third the size of a human brain.

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 may be the best-known prehuman fossil in the world. But other famous fossils have given us important insight into our evolutionary history.

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Lucy's Legacy: 50 Years On, The Fossil That Changed Our Understanding Of Human Evolution Lucy has and continues to play a fundamental role in our understanding of our ancient ancestors and how we ...

Lucy is popularly depicted as being hairy, but new evidence suggests she wasn't. The discovery prompts new questions about the history of nudity.