The world-famous pre-human fossil known as "Lucy" is going on display in Europe for the first time as part of a Prague ...

By digitally modeling muscles and tendons for the skeleton of Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis), researchers determined that our hominin ancestors could run well but topped out around 11 mph.

Lucy lived in a wide range of habitats from northern Ethiopia to northern Kenya. Researchers now believe she wasn't the only australopithecine species there.

Prague (AFP) — The 3.18-million-year-old bone fragments of human ancestor Lucy, which rarely leave Ethiopia, will go on ...

Lucy is popularly depicted as being hairy, but new evidence suggests she wasn't. The discovery prompts new questions about the history of nudity.

The first clue that the fossilized human ancestor known as Lucy would be a global phenomenon came at a Paris airport in December 1974. While passing through customs, paleoanthropologist Donald ...

The ancient remains of the human ancestor Lucy, who lived 3.18 million years ago, have gone on display for 60 days in Prague ...

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 non ...

Ancient teeth found in Ethiopia belong to a never-before-seen species in the Australopithecus genus of human ancestors ...

Actress Lucy DeVito chatted about her latest movies "A Sudden Case of Christmas" and "The Secret Art of Human Flight." ...

The 3.18-million-year-old bone fragments of human ancestor Lucy, which rarely leave Ethiopia, went on display in Prague on ...