Lucy''s Legacy: How One Extraordinary Fossil Reshaped Our Understanding of Human Evolution
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Lucy’s Legacy: How One Extraordinary Fossil Reshaped Our Understanding of Human Evolution On November 24, 1974, a team of paleoanthropologists led by Donald Johanson made a remarkable discovery in the Afar region of Ethiopia – a remarkably well-preserved skeleton of a small, bipedal hominin that would forever alter our understanding of human evolution. Nicknamed “Lucy” after the Beatles’ song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” this extraordinary fossil became an icon, captivating both the scientific community and the public imagination.