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A new study suggests that Lucy, the ape-like human ancestor, died after a fatal fall more than 3 million years ago. Maria Gallucci was a Science Reporter at Mashable. She was previously the energy ...

A new study published in Current Biology provides insights into the running abilities of Lucy, the 3.2 million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis whose discovery in 1974 has captivated scientists ...

or whether they were simply evolutionary leftovers from arboreal ancestors, is a matter of debate. Although her hip and knee joints were less specialized for an upright posture than our own, Lucy ...

Our ancestors still resembled apes nearly 4 millions years later. This includes Lucy, a 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor discovered in Ethiopia, from a group called the australopiths.