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.

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, ...

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 ...

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..

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.

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.

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.