The following year Johanson's team discovered another fossil that is still a landmark in the story of human origins. "Lucy" -- named for the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," which was ...

The 3.18-million-year-old remains of Lucy, one of the oldest human ancestors, will be displayed in Europe for the first time ever.

The find was, at the time, the most complete ever found ... The remains will be presented alongside Selam, the fossil of a baby Australopithecus who was about 100,000 years older than Lucy and found ...

The fossil, which dates to 3.2 million years ago and represents 40 percent of Lucy’s skeleton, is often described as having a mix of human and ape features. “Her overall body size was much ...

Lucy's fragments will be shown at Prague's National Museum as part of a 'Human Origins And Fossils' exhibition for two months ...

Discovered half a century ago in Ethiopia, the bones of Lucy, the most famous of the Australopithecus, are set to be ...

Lucy quickly became a celebrity of the fossil record. As a kid growing up ... “The common conception is that we’re finding the grandmother [of humanity], and we’re never finding that ...

Two fossils named Ardi and Lucy provide evidence for human evolution. Both were found in Africa. Ardi is a female human-like fossilised skeleton that dates from 4.4 million years ago. Ardi's bones ...

The find was, at the time ... The remains will be presented alongside Selam, the fossil of a baby Australopithecus who was about 100,000 years older than Lucy and found in the same place 25 ...