Was the first person in the world Lucy?

Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis discovered in Ethiopia, is one of the oldest and most complete hominid fossils found, but she was not the first person in the world. Instead, she represents an early ancestor in the human evolutionary lineage. The term "first person" typically refers to Homo sapiens, which emerged much later, around 300,000 years ago. Lucy's discovery provides valuable insights into human evolution, but she is not the direct ancestor of modern humans.