Lucy, a 3.2-million-year-old ancestor of humans, had shorter legs and smaller calf muscles and Achilles tendons. She would ...

The discovery of Lucy, or “Dinknesh” as the remains are locally known, changed not just Johanson’s career but it also shed new light on how humans evolved and changed over time, according to Johanson, ...

A new study suggests that “Lucy,” perhaps the world’s most famous early human ancestor, wasn’t able to run that fast. […] ...

A new study published in Current Biology provides insights into the running abilities of Lucy, the 3.2 million-year-old ...

New research uses 3D modeling to reconstruct Lucy's running style, revealing surprising insights into the evolution of human ...

By digitally modeling muscles and tendons for the skeleton of Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis), researchers determined that our hominin ancestors could run well but topped out around 11 mph.

In a study published in Current Biology, researchers have revealed that Australopithecus afarensis, an ancient hominin species, exhibited a limited capacity for running. This small bipedal ancestor, ...

Recent research suggests Australopithecus afarensis was able to run upright at speeds of around 5 meters per second ...

A fossil site of footprints in Kenya reveal a run-in of earlier hominins more than a million years before the rise of Homo ...

The study found that unlike other vertebrates where competition generally suppresses speciation after ecological niches are ...

A new exhibit on display at ASU peels back the curtain on humanity from more than three million years ago. The university is ...

Robots might be able to gauge how you are feeling. Scientists have discovered that future robots might be able to gauge how you are feeling by just touching human skin. According to a new study ...