Lucy helped change that. Today, the map of early human evolution is much more complicated, and Lucy is one of a panoply of human ancestors in a complex and bushy family tree stretching back some 7 ...
More than three million years after her death, the early human ancestor known as Lucy is still divulging her secrets. In 2016, an autopsy indicated that the female Australopithecus afarensis, whose ...
The following year Johanson's team discovered another fossil that is still a landmark in the story of human origins. "Lucy" -- named for the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," which was ...
Two fossils named Ardi and Lucy provide evidence for human evolution. Both were found in Africa. Ardi is a female human-like fossilised skeleton that dates from 4.4 million years ago. Ardi's bones ...
UNBELIEVABLE three-million-year-old razor-sharp vegetable peelers used by the world's oldest humans have been discovered. The innovative tools were made from smashing stones together - and were ...
The most famous Australopithecus fossil is the one nicknamed Lucy The incorporation of meat into the diet ... expansion of cranial capacity - larger brain development - during human evolution. Animal ...
The following year Johanson's team discovered another fossil that is still a landmark in the story of human origins. "Lucy" -- named for the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," which was ...
Our ancestors still resembled apes nearly 4 millions years later. This includes Lucy, a 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor discovered in Ethiopia, from a group called the australopiths.