Paleontologist Yves Coppens died on Wednesday at the age of 87. Coppens is known for his 1974 discovery of "Lucy," one of the oldest-known human ancestors. The 3.2 million-year-old bones provided ...

The 'Lucy' fossil skeleton is one of the best-known finds in anthropology. Now, researchers have found a skeleton of the oldest known upright-walking animal, thought to be even older than Lucy's 3.2 ...

There’s some news about everyone’s favorite great-great-great-great-great-(etc.) aunt, Lucy. Also known as AL 288-1 and Dinkinesh, our shared ancestor (or rather, 40 percent of her skeleton) was ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopians worried on Tuesday that the fragile bones of their world-famous skeleton -- the remains of a more than 3-million-year-old female hominid known as "Lucy" -- may not ...

She was, for a while, the oldest known member of the human family. Fifty years after the discovery of Lucy in Ethiopia, the remarkable remains continue to yield theories and questions. In a ...

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 walk ...

The world’s oldest rock star is coming to Houston. Starting Aug. 31, the 3.18 million-year-old hominid skeleton known as Lucy (so dubbed because researchers were blaring the Beatles’ Lucy in the Sky ...

Do we have to go back and "unlearn" all they taught us in school about Lucy? I heard she had been demoted, sort of like Pluto. It was wholly a pleasure to hear from you and a privilege to share your ...

WASHINGTON — The story of humankind is reaching back another million years as scientists learn more about “Ardi,” a hominid who lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia. The 110-pound, ...

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