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 ...

Sixteen years ago a group of anthropologists discovered 3.4-million-year-old fossilized foot bones in Ethiopia. While they suspected the foot belonged to an ancient human that likely lived alongside ...

New jaw fossils might suggest a direct line of descent between two species of early humans, including the one to which "Lucy" belongs. The 3.2 million-year-old Lucy, the earliest known hominid, was ...

A "dominant" crocodile-like predator with a big lump on its head preyed on man's ancestors three million years, ago, according to new research. Early humans - embodied by the iconic hominin Lucy - ...

When it comes to names, it's certainly a hard one to pronounce or spell but that hasn't kept an old - as in really, really old - lady from making the news today. Lucy the Australopithecus is what ...

Tuesday’s Google Doodle marks the discovery of “Lucy”, a skeleton found 41 years ago in Ethiopia that helped scientists understand the evolution of apes into bipedal humans. Named after the Beatles ...