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Ancient human ancestor Lucy was not alone — she lived alongside at least 4 other proto-human species, emerging research suggests
In fact, as many as four other kinds of proto-humans roamed the continent during Lucy's time ... whether they ever interbred by looking at ancient proteins, which are coded for by DNA, she ...
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Lucy, our early human ancestor, may have died after falling from a tree
Credit: AFP/Getty Images Lucy, a famous early human ancestor that lived about ... could glean only a few foggy clues from the ancient skeleton. SEE ALSO: A 66-million-year-old T.
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Ancient humans used bone tools one million years earlier than thought
Members of the genus Australopithecus — which includes the famed fossil Lucy — were making stone tools at least 2.6 million ...
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Lucy in the Earth
Discovered in 1974 by Donald Johanson, Lucy is special because she lived so ... This is the first evidence of an ancient species living in groups.
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Human evolution
Our ancestors still resembled apes nearly 4 millions years later. This includes Lucy, a 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor discovered in Ethiopia, from a group called the australopiths.
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NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy probe takes 1st images of its next target: Donaldjohanson
The spacecraft named after that ancient hominid is also exploring ... tell us much about Earth's origin, just as Lucy the fossil can tell us about human evolution.