FILE - The framed hominid fossil "Lucy" is seen at a exhibition at the Ethiopian Natural History Museum in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Les Neuhaus, file) ...

The framed hominid fossil "Lucy," is seen at a exhibition at the Ethiopian Natural History Museum in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Les Neuhaus, file) ADDIS ...

The discoverer of the famous skeletal hominid named Lucy and founder of the Institute of Human Origins, now based at ASU, signs Lucy’s Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins.

Researchers at the University of Texas have solved one of the coldest case files in history as they discovered how Lucy, the iconic human ancestor fossil found in 1974, died millions of years ago.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The human ancestor fossil known as Lucy left Ethiopia for display in a European museum, Ethiopian national media reported Friday, citing Tourism Minister Selamawit Kassa.