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 evidence that tool use ...

Lucy's Hands May Have Been Capable Of Using Tools 3.2 Million Years Ago Small-brained Australopithecines already had human-like hands. Benjamin Taub.

When the partial skeleton of the 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy was discovered in November 1974, no one initially considered whether she might have made or used stone tools.

Finding Lucy: What was the crucial change that set us on the path to becoming human? Our big brains, with their capacity for language and making complex tools, set us apart from other animals.

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 evidence that tool use ...