Australopithecus afarensis may have walked upright and looked somewhat human-like, but they were much smaller than we are. Lucy died as a young but fully grown adult, and stood only 1.1m (3.7ft ...

Lucy the Australopithecus afarensis is commemorated today in a Google Doodle that recalls a picture that she helped show had a big problem.. The picture shows Lucy standing in the middle of a ...

A visitor looks at the 3.2-million-year-old fossilized remains of 'Lucy', the most complete example of the hominin Australopithecus afarensis, at the Houston Museum of Natural Science during a ...

It was early 1979 when TIME declared her a “front-page celebrity” after Johanson announced the Lucy was a specimen of Australopithecus afarensis, a whole different species from those ...

Lucy the Australopithecus is what scientists call a collection of several hundred pieces of bone fossils that make up about 40 percent of the skeleton of a female of the hominin species ...

The rare fossil, representing 40% of a skeleton belonging to a female Australopithecus afarensis, was named “Lucy,” for the Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.” ...

A 3D polygonal model, guided by imaging scan data and muscle scarring, reconstructing the lower limb muscles of the Australopithecus afarensis fossil AL 288-1, known as ‘Lucy’.

3D reconstruction of lower limb muscles of Australopithecus afarensis fossil AL 288-1, aka "Lucy." Credit: Ashleigh Wiseman 3D reconstruction of lower limb muscles of Australopithecus afarensis ...

Australopithecus afarensis was made famous by a skeleton known as Lucy, found 1974 in Ethiopia. Lucy proved that her species - one of our early human relatives - walked on two legs. Ancient fossils ...

A sculptor's rendering of "Lucy," Australopithecus afarensis, at the Houston Museum of Natural Science on August 28, 2007. Dave Einsel / Getty Images About 3.2 million years ago, among the ...

Lucy is Australopithecus afarensis. On November 24, she celebrated her 40th "birthday"—the day of her discovery by modern scientists. Johanson is often asked if he considers Lucy a member of his ...