A recent fossil find is more evidence that the well-known “Lucy” species was not alone in the region now known as Ethiopia, a new study suggests. A lower jaw, along with jaw fragments and ...

Other fossils from Lucy’s species, Australopithecus afarensis, date to between about 3.8 million and 2.9 million years ago. ... “Lucy’s species just got a few more new fossils,” he says.

‘Lucy’ species used stone tools, fossil study says . Originally published August 11, 2010 at 7:21 pm Updated August 11, 2010 at 10:16 pm ...

Lucy's skeleton, along with subsequent discoveries of other fossils of her species, have given anthropologists a wealth of information about what is essentially the halfway point in human evolution.

Fossils of a newfound humanlike species that lived alongside the famous Lucy about 3.4 million years ago has been discovered, offering proof our family tree is more diverse than some ...

Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis remains in 1974, recalls the moment he found the iconic fossil.

Fossils suggest that ‘Lucy’ species used stone tools. ... The Lucy fossil, which dates to 3.2 million years ago, was discovered in the same general area in 1974.

Now it seems that Lucy shared eastern Africa with another prehuman species, one that may have spent more time in trees than on the ground. A 3.4-million-year-old fossil foot found in Ethiopia ...

`Lucy’ species used stone tools, fossil study says Back. Print ... The Lucy fossil, which dates to 3.2 million years ago, was discovered in the same general area in 1974.

NEW YORK — Two ancient animal bones from Ethiopia show signs of butchering by human ancestors, moving back the earliest evidence for the use of stone tools by about 800,000 years, researchers say.