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 of a female of the hominin species Australopithecus afarensis.

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 discovery! Table of Contents. When and where was Lucy found? How did Lucy get her name? How do we know she was a hominid? How do we know Lucy walked upright?

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. How do we know that Lucy and her species walked upright? How do we know Lucy was female? How did she die?

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 had split from the ancestor of chimpanzees.

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 Awash Valley...

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 only about 40...

Jan 8, 2025 · Lucy, nickname for a remarkably complete (40 percent intact) hominin skeleton found by American paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson at at the fossil site Hadar in Ethiopia on Nov. 24, 1974, and dated to 3.2 million years ago.

Jun 13, 2023 · 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.”

Lucy is the name given to the Australopithecus afarensis fossil found in Ethiopia in 1974. The skeleton is 40% complete and dates back 3.2 million years. | Location: Addis Adeba, Ethiopia. (Photo by Alain Nogues/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images) What sort of creature was Lucy?

Nov 24, 2015 · Named after the Beatles’ song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Lucy was a small creature, not much more than a meter tall, with a brain capacity about a third that of modern man. Lucy‘s...