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 ...

Researchers were able to recreate the running form of the famous hominin. Spoiler: she’s not winning any marathons.

A fossilised skeleton, Australopithecus afarensis, best known by her nickname 'Lucy', was unearthed by researchers 50 years ago this month in the Afar region of Ethiopia. New research provides the ...

The ancient remains of the Australopithecus afarensis were discovered in Ethiopia in 1974. The find was, at the time, the ...

Males would have been somewhat larger. Lucy was a member of the species Australopithecus afarensis. The seven individuals in the study probably are members of the closely related species ...

Males would have been somewhat larger. Lucy was a member of the species Australopithecus afarensis. The seven individuals in the study probably are members of the closely related species ...

In 2016, an autopsy indicated that the female Australopithecus afarensis, whose partial remains were found in Ethiopia in 1974 and is considered the most complete hominin fossil found to date, died ...

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 find was, at the time, the most complete ever found, and revolutionised the understanding of humanity ...

Lucy, likely female, stood about one metre tall. Males would have been somewhat larger. Lucy was a member of the species Australopithecus afarensis. The seven individuals in the study probably are ...