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What ‘Lucy,’ One of the World’s Most Important Fossils, Has Taught Scientists in the 50 Years Since Her Discovery
The famous early human is still providing lessons to anthropologists about prehistoric Earth and its inhabitants ...
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50 years ago, fossils of world's first human- a 3.2 million year old African- were “discovered”
It was exactly 50 years ago on Nov. 24, 1974 that white men from America, France and Britain on a scientific expedition in ...
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9 Fascinating Discoveries that Changed Our Understanding of Human Evolution
In the last couple of centuries, scientists have uncovered ancient fossils, prehistoric artwork ... Australopithecus afarensis—the same species as the world-renowned “Lucy” fossil. The anatomy of the ...
How Discovery of Lucy Skeleton Shaped Our Understanding of Human Evolution
The 3.2-million-year-old fossil, discovered 50 years ago, is considered to be one of the most significant early hominin ...