Fifty years after her discovery, Lucy remains the original Australopithecus celebrity
Her species provided compelling evidence that upright walking evolved before large brains in human evolution.
Lucy at 50: How the world’s most famous fossil was discovered
Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...
El País in English11h
The legacy of Lucy, the ‘Australopithecus’ that changed our idea of human evolution 50 years ago
The fossil remains of the unique hominid were found in Ethiopia in 1974, traveled around the world, were the subject of ...
8 Things You Should Do for Your Bones Every Day, According to Orthopedic Doctors
O rthopedic doctors have a bone to pick with all the people who forget they’re carrying a very important skeleton around ...
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Our ancestor Lucy may have used tools more than 3 million years ago
An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the ...
Smithsonian Magazine13h
How to Make a Mammal in Nine Evolutionary Steps
From the formation of inner ear bones to the rise of hair to cover our bodies, these developments made us distinct from other ...
New treatment helps children with rare spinal condition regain ability to walk
Researchers at Kennedy Krieger Institute's International Center for Spinal Cord Injury (ICSCI) have made a remarkable ...
Nature14h
The quest to build bionic limbs that feel like the real thing
Through brain implants, neural interfaces and skin grafts, researchers are starting to restore sensation for paralysed or ...