Lucy, locally known in Ethiopia as "Dinknesh," is the fossilized skeleton of a female who lived approximately 3.2 million years ago. The remains were discovered in 1974 in Ethiopia's Afar region.

An unidentified early hominin fossil that might be a new species confirms that Australopithecus and Homo species lived in the ...

Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...

A team of researchers led by ASU found strange fossils in Ethiopia. They believe they've discovered a new species related to ...

The skeletal remains of Lucy, a 3.18 million-year-old human ancestor which rarely leaves Ethiopia, has left for Prague, Czech ...

The iconic fossil, Lucy, left Ethiopia for the Czech National Museum in Prague, where it will be displayed for two months.

The human ancestor fossil known as Lucy has left Ethiopia for display in a European museum. Lucy’s skeleton, which is 40% ...

Researchers recovered 13 teeth, ten attributed to a new unnamed Australopithecus and three to primitive Homo, hinting at ...

Fossils of early human ancestors, a female and a child known by the nicknames Lucy and Selam, have arrived in Prague on loan from the National Museum of Ethiopia. The Czech National Museum will ...

Before a state dinner in Ethiopia, U.S. President Barack Obama meets the country's oldest resident - "Lucy," a 3.2 million-year-old partial skeleton of a hominid. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Earlier this week, the State Department issued the final decision: Lucy, the famous 3.2-million-year-old Ethiopian fossil, is coming to Houston for her first international exhibition.

HOUSTON (AP) -- The first-ever public display of Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old fossil discovered in Ethiopia, is scheduled for Houston in 2006, to the chagrin of some anthropologists who fear ...