An analysis of a fracture on one of Lucy's bones in the same year suggested that she probably died from a fall from a tall tree. Long considered the longest living human relative, Lucy was dethroned ...

Long considered the longest-living human relative, Lucy was dethroned of her status in 1994 following the discovery – also in Ethiopia – of Ardi, a female Ardipithecus ramidus who lived 4.5 million ...