The bone fragments of Lucy, a 3.18 million year-old human ancestor which rarely leave Ethiopia, will go on display in Europe ...

Males would have been somewhat larger. Lucy was a member of the species Australopithecus afarensis. The seven individuals in the study probably are members of the closely related species ...

This region where these tools were found has long been a treasure trove for discoveries about humanity’s beginnings. It’s where researchers found “Lucy,” the fossil of a female Australopithecus ...

An illustration of two of the seven molars from Australopithecus, unearthed in South Africa ...

Lucy is part of the genus Australopithecus - a group of small ... Although Lucy was bipedal, current research suggests A. afarensis may have also spent time in trees as well as on ground.