Named for the Beatles classic 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,' Lucy is one of the most complete examples to be unearthed of any type of Australopithecus—with 40% of her skeleton recovered.

First hominin muscle reconstruction shows 3.2 million-year-old ‘Lucy’ could stand as erect as we can Peer-Reviewed Publication University of Cambridge ...

When Lucy was discovered, she was “singular,” Sponheimer says. But subsequent research has uncovered hundreds of fossils from Australopithecus afarensis as well as other distinct hominin species and ...

Wiseman used scans of Lucy’s fossil and data from humans to build a three dimensional model of the leg and pelvis muscles of Australopithecus afarensis.

Early human reconstruction shows 3.2 million-year-old Lucy could stand as erect as we can Lucy, the archaeologist behind the reconstruction said, ‘likely walked and moved in a way that we do not ...

Lucy lived in a wide range of habitats from northern Ethiopia to northern Kenya. Researchers now believe she wasn't the only australopithecine species there.

Lucy, our 3.2 million-year-old ancestor of the species Australopithecus afarensis, may not have won gold in the Olympics – but new evidence suggests she was able to run upright. According to ...

Lucy was not the only Australopithecus. Even older than her, Ardipithecus - discovered in 1994 - blended apelike and humanlike characteristics.

With the help of 3D reconstruction of Lucy's leg muscles, a 3D digital re-creation showed how she would walk. Lucy the Australopithecus Afarensis was a Species Said to be an Early Relative of Homo ...

This year marks half a century since the discovery of Lucy, a hominid fossil that would go on to drastically alter our understanding of human evolution. The man who unearthed her, Donald Johanson ...

NEWS ANALYSIS. Fifty years after this fossil's discovery, its place in the history of humankind is still debated, while, in the meantime, other hominin species have expanded our family tree.

Wiseman used scans of Lucy’s fossil and data from humans to build a three dimensional model of the leg and pelvis muscles of Australopithecus afarensis.