A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins.

How does a fossil become a superstar? Just ask Lucy. Discovered 50 years ago, the skeleton ushered in a new way of thinking about human evolution ...

Half a century after its discovery, this iconic fossil remains central to our understanding of human origins ...

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.

A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins.

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.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with paleoanthropologist, Donald Johanson, about the 50th anniversary of his biggest discovery, Lucy, an early human ancestor.

The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy rose to fame through an incredible combination of circumstances ...

What ‘Lucy,’ One of the World’s Most Important Fossils, Has Taught Scientists in the 50 Years Since Her Discovery The famous early human is still providing lessons to anthropologists about ...

The discovery of Lucy's fossil in Ethiopia has greatly advanced our understanding of human origins.

Fifty years ago, our understanding of human origins began to change with the discovery of Lucy, a remarkably complete, 3.2-million-year-old human relative unearthed from the sandy soil in Hadar ...