Editor’s note: This is part of a special package written for the 50th anniversary of the discovery of a 3.2 million-year-old A. afarensis fossil (AL 288-1), nicknamed “Lucy.”About 3.2 million years ago, our ancestor “Lucy” roamed what is now Ethiopia.The discovery of her fossil skeleton 50 years ago transformed our understanding of human evolution. But it turns out her species, Australopithecus afarensis, wasn’t alone.In fact, as many as four other kinds of proto-humans roamed the continent during Lucy’s time. But who were Lucy’s neighbors, and did they ever interact with her kind?For almost a million years, A. afarensis lived throughout…

A bizarre new ad for car brand Jaguar has been widely mocked as “woke” and “outdated” by social media users. The venerable British marque, now owned by Indian multinational Tata Group as part of Jaguar Land Rover Automotive, shared the 30-second clip on social media on Tuesday with the caption, “Copy nothing.” Notably missing from the ad — which features similarly bold taglines like “create exuberant,” “live vivid” and “delete ordinary” — is an actual Jaguar. It opts instead for something more resembling a Paris fashion show, featuring a group of mixed-race, ambiguously gendered catwalk models in bright colors strutting and posing…

Former cryptocurrency executive Gary Wang, who wrote the computer code that helped FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried steal about $8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt exchange, was spared prison time by a judge on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan announced he would be imposing no prison time at a hearing in federal court in Manhattan. The judge praised Wang’s cooperation with prosecutors, and noted that he learned of Bankman-Fried’s fraud later than others in his former boss’s orbit. “You’re entitled to a world of credit for facing up to your responsibility,” Kaplan said. “The period of your culpability was in comparison to the…

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said he would vote to confirm his former political opponent Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator if Oz plans to protect the government programs.  “If Dr. Oz is about protecting and preserving Medicare and Medicaid, I’m voting for the dude,” Fetterman tweeted. Fetterman defeated Oz, a Republican, in Pennsylvania’s 2022 U.S. Senate race. “Our politics are obviously different, and we do have a history, but I don’t have any bitterness. I don’t hold anything against him,” Fetterman said, according to CNN’s Manu Raju.  President-elect Donald Trump announced Oz as his pick to…

Business magnate Elon Musk expressed interest in meeting Alex Soros, who replied that he would be open to it. Alex Soros is a son of nonagenarian liberal megadonor George Soros.”I would be curious to meet and understand your goals better,” Musk wrote to Alex Soros on X.”I often learn most from people whose views are different than my own. Open to meeting,” Soros replied.ELON MUSK BLASTS JOHN BOLTON AS ‘STAGGERINGLY DUMB WARMONGER’ AFTER CRITICISM OF TRUMP AG PICK MATT GAETZ Elon Musk, left, speaks at a rally for former President Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York, Oct. 27,…

They almost caught him with his pants down.An illegal immigrant from Venezuela with suspected ties to the Tren de Aragua gang has been arrested outside a New York City migrant shelter after allegedly breaking into a Manhattan prosecutor’s apartment, pleasuring himself and robbing her, according to a new report.Brandon Simosa, 25, followed the unidentified 38-year-old woman into her apartment building near the intersection of 44th Street and Ninth Avenue around 2 a.m. Sunday, according to the NYPD.Once inside, he demanded cash and stole credit cards and a cellphone from her purse. Then, he allegedly “performed a lewd act in front…

It’s a joint effort. Recreational marijuana may now be the norm in New York and licensed dispensaries are finally cropping up all over town, but New Yorkers are finding themselves nostalgic for one aspect of the pre-legalization era — their weed guy. Brooklynite Adrian H. is one of those avid cannabis users — and he told The Post there are times he’s left feeling uncertain about the cultural shift. “Going into dispensaries in New York, it feels very corporate and I feel like I’m at a clinic, like a hospital sometimes,” said the 24-year-old, who confessed to romanticizing the relationship with his…

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! The time has finally come: it’s officially Wicked release week. I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m ridiculously excited for the movie. I’ve been eating up all of the behind-the-scenes teasers and interviews with the cast, but my favorite videos to watch are the makeup chair transformations. It often took hours for Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande to transform into their characters, but Grande managed to stay cozy during the process thanks to the Barefoot Dreams CozyChic Robe. In true Glinda…

Police believe a South American crime ring is behind the October burglaries that happened at the residences of Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, according to Fox 4 in Kansas City. A police report said Kelce had roughly $20,000 in cash stolen and his back door received damage, according to TMZ. “It doesn’t surprise me at all that this crime spree that is going across the entire country is designed by some very sophisticated people in somewhat of a cartel,” security expert Mike Barbieri told the outlet. Cops received notice of a burglary at Mahomes’ Belton, Mo., residence around…

Editor’s note: This article is part of a special package written for the 50th anniversary of the discovery of a 3.2 million-year-old A. afarensis fossil (AL 288-1), nicknamed “Lucy.”From a distance, it might have looked like a small child was wending her way through the waving grass along a vast lake. But a closer look would have revealed a strange, in-between creature — a big-eyed imp with a small head and an apelike face who walked upright like a human.She may have looked warily over her shoulder as she walked, on alert for saber-toothed cats or hyenas. She may have…