Completed views (ventral, dorsal, lateral and medial) of the polygonal muscle modelling approach in AL 288-1, in which 36 muscles were created per lower limb. The polygonal muscles of AL 288-1 are ...

Researchers have digitally reconstructed the leg muscles of an ancient human ancestor that lived 3.2 million years ago, revealing they could stand and walk upright like modern humans.

The discovery of a Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old skeleton changed our theory of human evolution forever. The discovery is celebrating its 50-year anniversary, continues to capture human imagination.

There’s some news about everyone’s favorite great-great-great-great-great-(etc.) aunt, Lucy. Also known as AL 288-1 and Dinkinesh, our shared ancestor (or rather, 40 percent of her skeleton ...

Researchers found a kneeling decapitated skeleton in China and believe the human died as part of a sacrifice. The remains were spotted in the Chaizhuang site of Jiyuan's Henan province, stated ...

We may only ever have 47 of the 207 bones that made up the skeleton of this 3.18 ... Lucy the ancient human walked fully upright, ... The resulting model shows how Lucy was capable of upright, ...

The skeleton was discovered by paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson on November 24, 1974. The 3.2-million-year-old fossil "Lucy" at Addis Ababa's National Museum, Ethiopia, on May 7, 2013.

3D muscle reconstruction shows 3.2 million-year-old “Lucy” walked upright ... in human evolutionary history is known ... virtual models of the Lucy fossil to put her skeleton ...

The real “Lucy” skeleton, the famous 3.2-million-year-old specimen of Australopithecus afarensis, resides within a specially constructed safe at the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa..

Lucy's fossils are the best-preserved Australopithecus remains ever unearthed, with 40% of her skeleton recovered from Ethiopia's Hadar region in the mid-1970s. Her bones indicate that she stood 3 ...

Researchers have digitally reconstructed the leg muscles of an ancient human ancestor that lived 3.2 million years ago, revealing they could stand and walk upright like modern humans.