Lucy the Australopithecus is what scientists ... 40 percent of the skeleton of a female of the hominin species Australopithecus afarensis. Lucy, who takes her name from the Beatles' song 'Lucy ...

Lucy is Australopithecus afarensis. On November 24 ... She has allowed us to get rid of some of those dashed lines and draw solid lines between ancestors and descendents. My working hypothesis ...

newly revealed Australopithecus afarensis fossil--a toddler the media nicknamed "Lucy's baby." And in Georgia and elsewhere, the little girl captured the public imagination as her relative had ...

But it turns out her species, Australopithecus afarensis, wasn't alone. In fact, as many as four other kinds of proto-humans ...

The rare fossil, representing 40% of a skeleton belonging to a female Australopithecus afarensis, was named “Lucy,” for the Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.” Now, researchers ...

A 3D polygonal model, guided by imaging scan data and muscle scarring, reconstructing the lower limb muscles of the Australopithecus afarensis fossil AL 288-1, known as ‘Lucy’. Credit ...

Lucy, a 3.2-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis specimen, consists of 47 bones, constituting approximately 40% of a single skeleton. Discovered by American paleoanthropologist Donald ...

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 ...

Lucy, a 3.2-million-year-old ancestor of humans, has once again helped scientists learn more about our early evolution -- specifically, how we walk and run on two legs. Computer models of her ...

Lucy, our 3.2 million-year-old ancestor of the species Australopithecus afarensis, may not have won gold in the Olympics – but new evidence suggests she was able to run upright. According to ...