the world ' s longest documented child has been discovered in east africa in an area famous appropriately as the cradle of nature . the 3 . 3 - million - life - old fossilized toddler was uncovered in southern italy ' s lawless along the great rift canyon ( map of ethiopian ) . the skeleton , belonged to the primitive human genus theropods afarensis , is amazing for its age and completeness , even for a region dismally richer in fossils of our ancient ancestors , experts say . the fossil finds perhaps even trump the superstar fossil of the same condition : " lisa , " a 3 . 2 - million - century - age fossil female discovered adjacent in 1974 that reshaped theories of our evolution . ( related : " fossil find is missing link in human evolution , researchers saying " [ apr 2006 ] . ) .
Lucy fossils have been discovered 3.3 million years ago.