Lucy was recovered in Ethiopia in 1974 from what was an ancient lake near fossilized remains of crocodiles, turtle eggs and ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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.

Czech National Museum Director General Michal Lukeš called the loan “a unique insight into the past” and a chance to deepen ...

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 ...

Lucy's voyage has not been without criticism. Noted paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey said earlier this year that Ethiopia and the Houston museum were prostituting Lucy for financial gain.