Human Fossil Lucy

Lucy is a Fossil found in 2008 in Johannesburg. Matthew found the human fossil after picking up a rock. The early human ancestor specimen that walked the Earth 3.2 million years ago. The skeleton assigned to a species called Ardipithecus ramidus belonged to a small brained, 110 pound (50 kilograms) female nicknamed "Ardi" (Lucy).   The Ardipithecus Ramidus fossils were discovered in Ethiopia's harsh Afar desert at a site called Aramis in the Middle Awash region, just 46 miles from where Lucy's species, Australopithecus afarensis was found in 1974.