"Key features in the human body plan evolved specifically for improved running performance." The new study is the first time researchers have directly estimated running ability in Lucy's species ...

In terms of human evolution, Lucy’s ability to walk on two legs suggested ... “This meant the long-standing argument about ‘did we stand up first and then get big brains so that we could ...

The first sign that there might be a different ... 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 ...

Our early human ancestor was capable ... would have beaten Lucy by somewhere between 50 and 80 meters. Homo erectus, the first of our relatives with humanlike body proportions, evolved in Africa ...

A fossilised skeleton, Australopithecus afarensis, best known by her nickname 'Lucy', was ... provides the first direct evidence of whether Australopithecus, an important early human ancestor ...

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

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

Chimpanzee Lucy was raised as a human in a suburban family home where she was taught ... More from ABC We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and ...

The bone fragments of Lucy, a 3.18 million year-old human ancestor which rarely leave Ethiopia, will go on display in Europe for the first time in Prague this year, the Czech premier said Tuesday.