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Published online 20 September 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060918-5
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Little 'Lucy' fossil found
Toddler hominin has arms for swinging and legs for walking.
The 3.3-million-year-old bones of a female toddler from Ethiopia are telling scientists a story about the route human ancestors took from the trees to the ground.
In today's issue of Nature, an Ethiopian-led international team reports the discovery of a juvenile skeleton of the species commonly known as 'Lucy', or Australopithecus afarensis.
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