Lucy was shorter than the average human, reaching about 3.3 feet (1 meter) in height, had an ape-like face and a brain about one-third the size of a human brain.

Lucy may be the best-known prehuman fossil in the world. But other famous fossils have given us important insight into our evolutionary history.

Lucy walked on her own two feet. Scientists weren’t expecting that. We take a look back at the discovery of ‘Australopithecus afarensis’ 50 years ago. Donald Johanson really had no business ...

For the first time, scientists have pieced together the complex muscle structure of 3.18-million-year-old hominin icon, Lucy. It confirms popular thought that our ancient relative was able to walk ...

When Lucy was discovered 50 years ago, she was the oldest, most complete early member of the human family that had ever been found, with 47 bones representing 40 percent of the skeleton.

Lucy’s leg muscles didn’t look like ours. Modern humans have much longer muscle proportions. Generally, a modern human thigh’s mass is 50 percent muscle, while the rest is fatty tissue and bone.

Lucy, First Human Ancestor, May Not Have Been Lone Species, Research Shows In an interesting and intriguing recent finding, research shows that Lucy's species - Australopithecus Afarensis, was not ...

After recreating 36 muscles in each of the ancient hominids' legs, scientists found that Lucy’s stance was quite similar to humans ...

Lucy is popularly depicted as ... Human ancestor was in Eurasia nearly 2 ... She was a co-founder and first coordinator of the Gender and Women's Studies program and has served as graduate ...

Researchers have digitally reconstructed the leg muscles of an ancient human ancestor that lived 3.2 million years ago, revealing they could stand and walk upright like modern humans.