Lucy's 3 million-year-old bones were found in 1974, ... 8 Interesting Facts About Lucy the Ancient Ape. ... and I felt a jump of empathy across time and space," Kappelman said.

Lucy, the Human Chimp, a new TV documentary from KEO Films and Channel 4, explores the meeting of those worlds through the story of one unique relationship: that between Lucy, a chimpanzee raised ...

Tuesday's Google Doodle honors Lucy, a skeleton found 41 years ago in Ethiopia that showed the evolution of apes into humans. She belonged to a species that shared both human and ape characteristics.