Dated to 3.2 million years ago, Lucy was the oldest and most complete human ancestor ever found at the time of her discovery. Two features set humans apart from all other primates: big brains and ...

Two pages into Jennifer Lucy Allan’s “Clay: A Human History,” I was brought ... Allan writes of the oldest-known piece of ceramic, 27,000 years old, a small figure of a woman.

the oldest of which date back at least 4 million years, provide evidence of human evolution which has modified our conception of the history of humankind. The most spectacular discovery came in 1974, ...