Scientists on Thursday unveiled a fossil human ancestor dating back 4.4 million years — a creature more ancient than the famous fossil "Lucy." And, the scientists say, even more important than Lucy.

A new process, however, confirms with little doubt the remains are about 3.7 million years old, which is several hundred thousand years older than "Lucy," a skeleton found in Ethiopia believed to ...

Lucy’s skeleton is one of the oldest, most complete fossils ever found of an adult human ancestor who walked upright. Previous studies suggest she stood less than 4 feet tall and weighed less ...

The ancient human ancestor, named “Lucy”, who roamed the planet more than three million years ago, may have died after falling from a tree, scientists in the US have suggested.

The world’s best-known human ancestor fossil—widely known as Lucy—likely died following a fall from a tree, according to new research. Scientists behind the study, published in the journal ...

When Lucy, the world’s most well-known fossil, was discovered sticking out of a shallow Ethiopian stream bed in 1974, she provided new insight about life for early human ancestors 3.18 million ...

Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old hominid whose remains were discovered in Ethiopia on this day 41 years ago, is being celebrated in the form of a Google Doodle. She comes from the Australopithecus ...

When Lucy was discovered 50 years ago, she was the oldest, most complete early member of the human family that had ever been found, with 47 bones representing 40 percent of the skeleton.

Almost 50 years ago, on a Sunday morning in late November 1974, a team of archaeologists in Ethiopia unearthed a 3 million-year-old skeleton of an ancient early human. The remains would turn out ...

At the time Lucy was the oldest and most complete early human fossil ever found. Her pelvic and leg bones indicated that she had walked upright. Lucy's species was given the name Australopithecus ...