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..

Get the basics on the first known Australopithecus afarensis why she's important, how a pop song provided her name, and whether she's really the mother of Lucy's baby. ... What did Lucy look like?

Lucy, a hairy and short skeleton that looks a little like a human, is being celebrated by today’s Google Doodle. But who is she and how does she get her name? The skeleton was found 41 years ago ...