However, while the study authors stop short of attributing these ancient apparati to Lucy and co, they do suggest that the species may have been capable of producing rudimentary tools while also ...

Here’s how it works. Lucy and her fellow australopithecines may have created and used tools more than 3 million years ago, a new study of hand muscles suggests. The finding provides further ...

The knee was much older than the earliest known stone tools. The following year Johanson's team discovered another fossil that is still a landmark in the story of human origins. "Lucy" -- named ...

This species of ancient hominid was living and walking around on two feet in East Africa 3.7 to 3 million years ago, long before the earliest stone tools were made. While Lucy and her relatives ...

Lyric Aquino Composed of silica, resin, yak hair and a smartphone, the museum’s new Lucy model explores the continuing role tools play on human evolution. Elisabeth Daynès It was November 24 ...

from the song “I’m Looking Through You” to address hot-topic questions about Lucy, including whether she climbed trees, what she ate and whether she and her compatriots used stone tools.