

Science Nov 30

Bone scans of Lucy, our ever popular human ancestor, suggest early hominins may have spent millions of years “monkeying around” in trees.
By Kristin Hugo
Science Aug 29

The "Lucy" skeleton has reshaped our understanding of human evolution, but no one has ever been able to explain how she died -- until now.
By Courtney Norris
Science May 28

Archaeologists uncover a new species of hominid near where and when human ancestor Lucy lived.
By Nsikan Akpan
Science Mar 04

Human evolution had a nice clear line from Lucy 3.2 million years ago to Homo habilis to Homo erectus and finally Homo sapiens -- us. Or so it seemed. A new jawbone shows that humans evolved earlier than we thought,…
By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy
A 4.4-million year old fossil, discovered in Africa has opened a window onto humans' "early evolutionary steps," according to the group of scientists responsible for the find. Ray Suarez reports.
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