It has now been 50 years since Lucy’s skeleton was found on that Ethiopian slope, and over the decades she has become an iconic figure in the story of human evolution. "Lucy" may not sound like ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, has its next target in its sights: the main belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson. Currently 45 million miles (70 million kilometers) ...

Many ancient human ancestors are known from fragments. But about 40 percent of Lucy’s skeleton was recovered, an extraordinary amount for a fossil of this age, which gave the public a way to ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently obtained its first clear images of the main belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson, which is now within its line of sight. Lucy captured these images while it was 45 ...

What was the crucial change that set us on the path to becoming human? Our big brains, with their capacity for language and making complex tools, set us apart from other animals. Our ability to ...

In her current shape, Lucy consists of fossilized dental remains, skull fragments, parts of the pelvis and femur. The fossilized skeleton of the 1.1-meter-tall (3.6 feet), 29-kilogram (64-pound ...

Lucy consists of fossilized dental remains, skull fragments, parts of the pelvis and femur. The fossilized skeleton of the 1.1-meter-tall, 29-kilogram Lucy last left Ethiopia between 2007 and 2013 ...

Nasa’s Lucy spacecraft has got a new target in its sights. New photos have emerged of a small asteroid named Donaldjohanson.

Two fossils named Ardi and Lucy provide evidence for human evolution. Both were found in Africa. Ardi is a female human-like fossilised skeleton that dates from 4.4 million years ago. Ardi's bones ...

What was the crucial change that set us on the path to becoming human? Our big brains, with their capacity for language and making complex tools, set us apart from other animals. Our ability to ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has its next flyby target, the small main belt asteroid  Donaldjohanson, in its sights. By blinking between images captured by Lucy on Feb. 20 and 22, this animation shows the ...

In her current shape, Lucy consists of fossilised dental remains, skull fragments, parts of the pelvis and femur. The fossilised skeleton of the 1.1-meter-tall (3.6 feet), 29-kilogram (64-pound ...