The whole story of human evolution – from ancient apes via Lucy to us – in one long read
Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.
Lucy at 50: How the world’s most famous fossil was discovered
Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...
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Lucy at 50: How the world’s most famous fossil was discovered
Lucy, a fossilized skeleton unearthed 50 years ... Johanson: One of them is that we have Neanderthal genes in us. Many, many years ago, before we knew that, we thought of ourselves as a very ...
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Lucy at 50: How the world’s most famous fossil was discovered
Lucy, a fossilized skeleton unearthed 50 years ago this month, transformed scientists’ understanding of human evolution. The discovery by American paleontologist Don Johanson and graduate student Tom ...
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Lucy at 50: How the world’s most famous fossil was discovered
They found DNA, but it wasn’t human, and it wasn’t Neanderthal. It was some other species that we know very little about. They call them Denisovans. How have views of Lucy changed over the ...