Science news articles about 'lucy fossil'

The 'Lucy' fossil has been on display in Houston and Seattle, and now she is hitting Times Square.

SEATTLE (AP) -- Who loves Lucy? Far fewer people than a Seattle science center hoped when officials paid millions to show the fossil remains of one of the earliest known human ancestors....

Scientists working in South Africa have unveiled fossils of a human species new to science that they say could be the direct ... , particularly the male, that the discovery is being likened to that of the famous Lucy fossil from Ethiopia and the Turkana boy from Kenya ...

Partial skeleton suggests ancient roots for humanlike walking

... Australopithecus , specifically A. afarensis , the species to which the celebrated Lucy fossil belongs.Scientists have typically viewed tool use as the purview of Homo . Indeed, in 1964 Kenyan ...

Despite the ability to walk upright, early relatives of humanity represented by the famed "Lucy" fossil likely spent much of their time in trees, remaining very active climbers, researchers say.

... early human ancestors similar to the famous Lucy fossil — walked, new research suggests.In the past, paleontologists and anthropologists assumed the depth of the footprint ...