The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy rose to fame through an incredible combination of circumstances ...

Perhaps most importantly, Lucy’s discovery foreshadowed a series of fossil finds that filled in the scientific picture of her species. By 1978, enough evidence had accumulated to establish Lucy as the ...

Her species provided compelling evidence that upright walking evolved before large brains in human evolution.

But in that short time, we’ve discovered about two dozen species of human ancestors in Europe, Africa, and Asia—which you can see mapped out in the infographic below. The first known fossils of human ...

Putting together the puzzle of human ... ape ancestors and more human-like delayed development. The findings are detailed in ...

Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...

Each of these ancient fossils, even if just a small part of a skeleton, represents an identifiable character in the story of humankind.

The origin of life, and how to get to that very point, have been as mysterious as they are fascinating. It is one of the greatest questions that humans have att ...

The fossil remains of the unique hominid were found in Ethiopia in 1974, traveled around the world, were the subject of ...

1, 2024 — New research has found that, unlike birds, the evolution of ... only have helped shape human adaptation to starchy foods, but may have ... Adaptability of Trees Persists After Millions ...

A new study explores how kissing evolved with the help of science, tracing it back to early grooming behaviors in ancient ...

NEWS ANALYSIS. Fifty years after this fossil's discovery, its place in the history of humankind is still debated, while, in ...