Who is Lucy the Australopithecus? Five facts you probably didn't know about oldest hominin ever discovered. Lucy has been honoured with a Google Doodle on the 41st anniversary of her discovery.

Not much size difference between male and female Australopithecines Date: April 28, 2015 Source: Penn State Summary: Lucy and other members of the early hominid species Australopithecus afarensis ...

T he Australopithecus has been around for a while now—and so has our knowledge of that human ancestor. The species Australopithecus africanus (“the southern ape of Africa”) was first ...

Lucy, our 3.2 million-year-old ancestor of the species Australopithecus afarensis, may not have won gold in the Olympics – but new evidence suggests she was able to run upright. According to ...

Item 1 of 3 An illustration of two of the seven molars from Australopithecus, unearthed in South Africa, that were sampled in new research exploring the diet of this important ancient human ancestor.