A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins. Fifty years ago, our understanding of human origins began to change with the ...

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One of the most famous fossils in human evolutionary history is known as “Lucy,” who belonged to an extinct species called Australopithecus afarensis—an early relative of Homo sapiens who was among ...

Two Australopithecus fossils named Lucy and Selam made a rare trip out of Ethiopia for a 60-day display at the National Museum in Prague Hyper-realistic reconstructions of Australopithecus afarensis ...

Inside a specially constructed safe at the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa sit the fragile remains of the world’s most celebrated human ancestor. She was once a hardy survivor in an ...

A fossilized foot found in the dusty sediments of northern Ethiopia has reopened one of paleoanthropology’s most consequential questions: how many species of early hominins walked the Earth at the ...

For a half century, the iconic "Lucy" fossil species, Australopithecus afarensis, has held the title of being the most likely direct ancestor of all humans. But as the list of ancient human relatives ...