More than a million years ago, on a hot savanna teeming with wildlife near the shore of what would someday become Lake ...

The 3.2-million-year-old fossil, discovered 50 years ago, is considered to be one of the most significant early hominin ...

The picture of human evolution has changed repeatedly and dramatically over the past half century, shaped by waves of new ...

Millions of years ago, Lucy revolutionized our understanding of human evolution. Now, discover how her contemporaries add ...

Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.

Discovery by international team, including Rutgers researcher, proves theory that some ancient hominins were neighborsMore ...

The famous early human is still providing lessons to anthropologists about prehistoric Earth and its inhabitants ...

The discovery of a Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old skeleton changed our theory of human evolution forever. The discovery is ...

One of the most fascinating periods in the evolution of the human lineage is the appearance of the first ancestors capable of ...

One of the most fascinating periods in the evolution of the human lineage is the appearance of the first ancestors capable of ...

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

In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...