Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis remains in 1974, recalls the moment he found the iconic fossil.

One of the most famous fossils in human evolutionary history is known as "Lucy," who belonged to an extinct species called Australopithecus afarensis—an early relative of Homo sapiens who was ...

While Lucy and her relatives were shorter, more ape-like, and had smaller brains than Homo sapiens, they showed just how long human-like creatures were evolving and strolling about on Earth.

The fossilized skeleton dubbed "Lucy" was part of an extinct species called Australopithecus afarensis, an early relative of Homo sapiens who was among the first hominins to walk upright.

Australopithecus afarensis, the extinct species to which Lucy belongs, could probably straighten its knee joints, ... Facts about the past 300,000 years of Homo sapiens.

Around 40% of Lucy's skeleton was recovered at the time, making her one of the most complete australopithecine fossils ever found. She is the closest primate to the homo genus. Homo Sapiens began ...

"Lucy's Legacy" is one part career memoir, two parts paleoanthropology. The memoir is valuable for its depiction of the obstacles scientists face in the field, especially digging around in ...

President Obama touched the fossilized bones Monday of “Lucy,” a 3-million-year-old ape-like creature linked to modern humans — even Donald Trump, according to the president’s tour guide.