Five Things You May Not Have Known About Lucy The Australopithecus

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Lucy: this is your life. A reconstruction of the famous fossil. Jason Kuffer/Shutterstock

Some of you may have noticed an evolution-themed Google Doodle appear today; the more curious probably discovered that it links to Lucy, the name given to the reconstructed fossilized remains of an ape that stalked the plains of Ethiopia around 3.2 million years ago – roughly 3 million years before anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens) officially appeared on the world stage. Today marks the 41st anniversary of her discovery.