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 ...

Research suggests that Lucy’s kind thrived in a wide range of ecosystems, from woodlands to grasslands and riverine forests. Sharing characteristics of both Australopithecus africanus, a previously ...

A 3D polygonal model, guided by imaging scan data and muscle scarring, reconstructing the lower limb muscles of the Australopithecus afarensis fossil AL 288-1, known as ‘Lucy’.

Lucy is part of the genus Australopithecus - a group of small-bodied and small-brained early hominin, or human, species that walked upright in short distances. Research later found that Lucy would ...

A new study published in Current Biology provides insights into the running abilities of Lucy, the 3.2 million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis whose discovery in 1974 has captivated scientists ...

Computer models of her muscles and bones show that Lucy was not a natural runner. It seems that Australopithecus afarensis-- the early hominin species to which Lucy belonged -- was not well ...

Other remarkable fossils of Lucy's species, Australopithecus afarensis, were later unearthed at other sites. Together, they offer a picture of one of our earliest human ancestors. Learn how ...

The most famous Australopithecus fossil is the one nicknamed Lucy, which was discovered in Ethiopia in 1974 and is about 3.2 million years old. Lucy, likely female, stood about one meter (3.5 feet ...

An analysis by Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany, on the manual capabilities of early hominins reveals that some ...

A 3D polygonal model, guided by imaging scan data and muscle scarring, reconstructing the lower limb muscles of the Australopithecus afarensis fossil AL 288-1, known as ‘Lucy’. In this model ...