Lucy, an early human ancestor who walked upright on two legs—a milestone in human evolution—had speed and energy efficiency ...

Lucy lived in a wide range of habitats from northern Ethiopia to northern Kenya. Researchers now believe she wasn't the only australopithecine species there.

Lucy, a famous early human ancestor that lived about 3.2 million years ago, may have died after falling from a tree, her bones and organs smashing into the savannah of present-day Ethiopia, a new ...

When Lucy, the world’s most well-known fossil, was discovered sticking out of a shallow Ethiopian stream bed in 1974, she provided new insight about life for early human ancestors 3.18 million ...

Lucy’s skeleton is one of the oldest, most complete fossils ever found of an adult human ancestor who walked upright. Previous studies suggest she stood less than 4 feet tall and weighed less ...

Human Ancestor 'Lucy' Was Good at Walking, Climbing Trees. Published Nov 30, 2016 at 7:22 PM EST Updated Dec 05, 2016 at 8:16 PM EST. Paleoanthropologist John Kappelman has 3D printouts of Lucy ...

The famous human ancestor known as Lucy walked the Earth, but it was her tree climbing that might have led to her demise, a new study suggests.

Human Evolution; Human ancestor 'Lucy' was hairless, new research suggests. Here's why that matters. News. By Stacy Keltner published 23 June 2024 ...

Lucy, our ever-popular human ancestor, may have preferred a tree-dwelling lifestyle, based on bone scans published Wednesday in PLOS ONE. The research adds clarity to early human behavior and ...

Lucy, a famous early human ancestor that lived about 3.2 million years ago, may have died after falling from a tree, her bones and organs smashing into the savannah of present-day Ethiopia, a new ...

Human ancestor 'Lucy' was a tree climber, new evidence suggests. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 11 / 161130144004.htm. Johns Hopkins Medicine.

Human ancestor was in Eurasia nearly 2 million years ago, cut marks on animal bones suggest How do archaeologists figure out the sex of a skeleton? This hairy picture of Lucy, it turns out, might ...