Despite limitations in available cranial fragments, the reconstruction remains a coherent portrayal of a female Australopithecus afarensis, showcasing her arboreal adaptations in the upper torso and ...

Researchers have recreated the famous hominin’s running form – and it doesn’t look like she’d have won any marathons ...

The ancient remains of the Australopithecus afarensis were discovered in Ethiopia in 1974 The hyperrealistic artistic reconstruction of the female Austrolopithecus afarensis (Lucy), based on finds ...

Lucy was a member of the species Australopithecus afarensis. The seven individuals in the study probably are members of the closely related species Australopithecus africanus.

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 ...

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 ...

Humans evolved for distance running — but ancestor ‘Lucy’ didn’t go far or fast 3D models of Australopithecus afarensis suggest the muscular adaptations that made modern humans better runners.

In an interesting and intriguing recent finding, research shows that Lucy's species - Australopithecus Afarensis, was not the only early human species roaming the Earth at the time.

Australopithecus afarensis, was fully capable of upright bipedal posture and gait." But in two stunning interviews included in the just-released miniseries, this evidence was overturned.

What ‘Lucy,’ One of the World’s Most Important Fossils, Has Taught Scientists in the 50 Years Since Her Discovery The famous early human is still providing lessons to anthropologists about ...

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

The skeleton belonged to a 3.2 million year old hominin, which came to be nicknamed Lucy. She marked the very first specimen of Australopithecus afarensis —a species of early hominins that were very ...