Lucy’s fossilized bones had been scanned not long after their discovery in the early 1970s, but the instruments back then were not powerful enough to show the internal structure of her bones ...

Lucy’s tree-climbing activities can be read in her bones, according to a new study that used computed tomography scans of her skeletal remains to learn more about her ancient behavior.

Scientists Divided Over How Lucy Died : The Two-Way A new study suggests the 3.2 million-year-old hominin died when she fell from a tree and fractured her bones. But other paleoanthropologists say ...

The bone in question belonged to one of Lucy's A. afarensis kin who died about 3.2 million years ago. It was discovered in Hadar, Ethiopia, ...

Lucy: arm bones With dangling, powerful arms, Lucy was likely a good climber, and she may have spent some time in trees. Her upper arm bones are long and sturdy relative to those of modern humans.

Rattling Lucy's bones. Val Ross. Published September 22, 2007. This article was published more than 15 years ago. Some information may no longer be current.

A diagram that shows where Lucy’s bones were broken. Credit: John Kappelman, University of Texas at Austin. They sound off on what potentially killed Lucy, and discuss how researchers are using new ...

Lucy, arguably the world’s most famous early human fossil, is not quite all she seems. A careful look at the ancient hominin’s skeleton suggests one bone may actually belong to a baboon. In ...

When Lucy, the world’s most well-known fossil, was discovered sticking out of a shallow Ethiopian stream bed in 1974, she provided new insight about life for early human ancestors 3.18 million ...

The bone in question belonged to one of Lucy's A. afarensis kin who died about 3.2 million years ago. It was discovered in Hadar, Ethiopia, ...

The bone in question belonged to one of Lucy's A. afarensis kin who died about 3.2 million years ago. It was discovered in Hadar, Ethiopia, ...