The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Fifty years ago, scientists discovered a nearly complete fossilized skull ...
First hominin muscle reconstruction shows 3.2 million-year-old ‘Lucy’ could stand as erect as we can
A Cambridge University researcher has digitally reconstructed the missing soft tissue of an early human ancestor – or hominin – for the first time, revealing a capability to stand as erect as we do ...
Revolutionary fossil evidence from Ethiopia is challenging decades of scientific consensus about human origins. New discoveries suggest that the famous Lucy fossil, long considered a direct ancestor ...
Lucy, a fossilized skeleton unearthed 50 years ago this month, transformed scientists’ understanding of human evolution. The discovery by American paleontologist Don Johanson and graduate student Tom ...
Lucy, that starlet among ancient human relatives, may have shared the stage with a hominin very different from herself, a newly found fossil suggests. Out of the Ethiopian desert, researchers have ...
Live Science on MSN
Scientists claim 'Lucy' may not be our direct ancestor after all, stoking fierce debate
Recent fossil finds could mean that "Lucy" wasn't our direct ancestor, some scientists say. Others strongly disagree.
Green Matters on MSN
New fossil study challenges human origins theory—claims Lucy might not be a direct ancestor
Lucy's position in the history of human evolution is currently being challenged. The Lucy fossil species, or Australopithecus ...
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. When you purchase through links on our ...
Fifty years ago, our understanding of human origins began to change with the discovery of Lucy, a remarkably complete, 3.2-million-year-old human relative unearthed from the sandy soil in Hadar, ...
Long before Usain Bolt, long before Jesse Owens, even long before Leonidas of Rhodes, we ran. More than 3 million years ago, the early hominins from which humanity emerged bipedally propelled ...
We may only ever have 47 of the 207 bones that made up the skeleton of this 3.18-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis specimen known affectionately and widely as Lucy, but it’s been enough to ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback