AL 288-1, commonly known as Lucy or Dinkʼinesh (Amharic: ድንቅ ነሽ, lit. 'you are marvellous'), is a collection of several hundred pieces of fossilized bone comprising 40 percent of the skeleton of a female of the hominin species Australopithecus afarensis.

Lucy was found by Donald Johanson and Tom Gray on November 24, 1974, at the site of Hadar in Ethiopia. They had taken a Land Rover out that day to map in another locality. After a long, hot morning of mapping and surveying for fossils, they decided to head back to the vehicle.

2024年8月1日 · Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old early hominid, was discovered in Ethiopia in 1974 and is one of the earliest known human ancestors.

2006年9月20日 · Perhaps the world's most famous early human ancestor, the 3.2-million-year-old ape "Lucy" was the first Australopithecus afarensis skeleton ever found, though her remains are only about 40...

2024年11月11日 · But Lucy is just one of many hominin fossils that have come to light since Charles Darwin surmised in 1871 that humans originated in Africa. Why does she play such an …

2024年11月14日 · The discovery of the Turkana Boy in 1984 by Kenyan paleontologist Kamoya Kimeu sheds new light on the physical characteristics of Homo erectus, the first known human ancestor to spread beyond...

2024年8月23日 · News of Lucy’s discovery on Nov. 24, 1974, sparked a worldwide interest in human evolution and created a tremendous controversy in 1978. That’s because Lucy proved the existence of an entirely new species — Australopithecus afarensis.

Australopithecus afarensis is one of the best-known early hominins thanks to an extraordinary skeleton known as Lucy. Find out what we've learned about this species and important fossils. How do we know that Lucy and her species walked upright?