Recent research has revealed that she is no longer considered the earliest known member of the human family. Contrary to earlier beliefs that her species first walked upright in open savanna …

Nov 28, 2025 · Lucy, nickname for a remarkably complete (40 percent intact) hominin skeleton found by American paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson at at the fossil site Hadar in Ethiopia …

Who is Lucy the Australopithecus? Lucy was one of the first hominin fossils to become a household name. Her skeleton is around 40% complete - at the time of her discovery, she was …

May 9, 2025 · Lucy’s skeleton reveals a mosaic of ape-like and human-like traits, reflecting her species’ transitional position in human evolution. Standing about 3.5 feet (1.1 meters) tall and …

Lucy, also known as "Dink'inesh" in Amharic, was found by Donald Johanson and Tom Gray on November 24, 1974, at the site of Hadar in Ethiopia. They took a Land Rover out that day to …

Nov 24, 2024 · Fifty years ago today, on November 24, 1974, Lucy—the first identified individual of the species now known as Australopithecus afarensis —was discovered in Ethiopia.

Aug 1, 2024 · Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old early hominid, was discovered in Ethiopia in 1974 and is one of the earliest known human ancestors.

Nov 3, 2025 · Is Lucy the first human? The simple answer is no, but her discovery revolutionized our understanding of hominin evolution and bipedalism, making her an incredibly important …

Fast Facts on an Early Human Ancestor. Perhaps the world's most famous early human ancestor, the 3.2-million-year-old ape "Lucy" was the first Australopithecus afarensis skeleton ever found,...

Nov 14, 2024 · Prior to Lucy, the oldest known human fossil—a 2.5-million-year-old skull recovered from a cave in South Africa—was from an ape-like hominin species called …