November marked 50 years since Lucy was found. Her partial skeleton upended several assumptions about the course of human ...

It was already pretty hot by the time Donald Johanson and his graduate student, Tom Gray, arrived at the site at Hadar, ...

The 3.2-million-year-old fossil, discovered 50 years ago, is considered to be one of the most significant early hominin ...

SIMON: Paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson, founding director of the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University and the man who found Lucy. Thank you so much for speaking with us.

A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins.

her skeleton was unearthed by paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson and his team on the International Afar Research Expedition. The stunningly complete fossil was nicknamed "Lucy." And her ...

SciFri’s Kathleen Davis looks back at 50 years of Lucy with the people who know her best: Dr. Donald Johanson, founding director of the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University and the ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with paleoanthropologist, Donald Johanson, about the 50th anniversary of his biggest discovery, Lucy, an early human ancestor.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with paleoanthropologist, Donald Johanson, about the 50th anniversary of his biggest discovery, Lucy, an early human ancestor.