Paleontologists unearthed the iconic fossil in 1974. Today, her legacy remains just as much cultural as it is scientific.

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This is why Lucy has been the face of human evolution for the last 50 years

INTERVIEW. On November 24, 1974, Lucy's skeleton was discovered. What is the status of research today? The prehistorian takes stock.

INTERVIEW. Le 24 novembre 1974 etait decouvert le squelette de Lucy. Ou en est la recherche aujourd'hui ? Le prehistorien fait le point.

Jean-Jacques Hublin : « L’étude de la préhistoire a fait des bonds de géant depuis Lucy !  »

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Jean-Jacques Hublin: “The study of prehistory has made giant leaps and bounds since Lucy! ”

She was, for a while, the oldest known member of the human family. Fifty years after the discovery of Lucy in Ethiopia, the remarkable remains continue to yield theories and questions.
			   In a nondescript room in the National Museum of Ethiopia, the 3.18-million-year-old bones are delicately removed from a safe and placed on a long table.They consist of fossilised dental remains, skull fragments, parts of the pelvis and femur that make up the…

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Lucy Is 50: How a Bombshell 1974 Discovery Redefined Human Origins

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The 1974 discovery of a 3.2-million-year-old skeleton named Lucy revolutionized the understanding of human evolution. Found by paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson in Ethiopia, Lucy’s knee bone showed she walked upright, despite… Read More »How Lucy’s Discovery Changed the Story of Human Evolution

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This is why Lucy has been the face of human evolution for the last 50 years

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