#OnThisDay in 1974, Lucy, a skeleton of an early human species, named after a song by the Beatles, was discovered in Ethiopia.

"When this small-bodied, small-brained hominin was discovered, it proved that our early human relatives habitually walked on two legs."

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Australopithecus afarensis, Lucy's species

Thanks to an extraordinary fossil called Lucy, Australopithecus afarensis is one of the best-known early human relatives.

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