AL 288-1, commonly known as Lucy or Dinkʼinesh (Amharic: ድንቅ ነሽ, lit. 'you are marvellous'), is a collection of several hundred pieces of fossilized bone comprising 40 percent of the skeleton …

Lucy was found by Donald Johanson and Tom Gray on November 24, 1974, at the site of Hadar in Ethiopia. Lucy's Story. Learn about how IHO is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Lucy's …

Australopithecus afarensis is one of the best-known early hominins thanks to an extraordinary skeleton known as Lucy. Find out what we've learned about this species and important fossils. …

Apr 4, 2024 · Lucy was the first hominin to break the 3-million-year time barrier, pushing back the age of the human family to a time closer to when geneticists thought the ancestor of humans …

Fifty years since the discovery of Lucy, what does this iconic fossil tell us about our evolutionary story? What marked out our ancestors from other early apes and set them on the evolutionary …

Jul 29, 2020 · Lucy belonged to the extinct species Australopithecus afarensis, portrayed here in a sculptor's rendering. One day during the Pliocene Epoch, a young adult ape died in the …

"Lucy" is one of the most complete skeletons found to date from the early hominids that flourished between 4 and 2 million years ago. The skeleton consists of bones from a single individual, …

Sep 20, 2006 · Perhaps the world's most famous early human ancestor, the 3.2-million-year-old ape "Lucy" was the first Australopithecus afarensis skeleton ever found, though her remains are...

Did you know that Lucy is perhaps the most famous human ancestor in the world, she is 3.2 million years old and was the first skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis to be found, although …

Nov 26, 2024 · Those remains, excavated 50 years ago, would come to be recognized as one of the most important fossil discoveries ever made, known to the world as “Lucy.” Anthropologists …