The discovery of Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old skeleton, changed our theory of human evolution forever. The discovery is celebrating its 50-year anniversary, and continues to capture human imagination.

Lucy, ancora tanti segreti a 50 anni dalla sua scoperta

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The discovery that rewrote human evolution theory turns 50

Expert: 'It has revolutionized perspectives on human evolution' (ANSA)

Esperto: 'Ha rivoluzionato le prospettive sull'evoluzione umana' (ANSA)

Fifty years ago, the discovery of a partial skeleton amid the barren desert landscape of northern Ethiopia transformed our understanding of where humans came from, and how we developed into Homo sapiens.
“Lucy” was first spotted on November 24 1974 by the American paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson and his student assistant Tom Gray. Named after the Beatles’ Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, a popular song in the their team’s camp at the time, it …

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'Deep inside, something told me I had found the earliest human ancestor. I went numb.'

On November 24 1974, renowned American paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson spotted “a piece of elbow with humanlike anatomy” poking out of a rocky hillside in northern Ethiopia. It was the first fossil of a partial skeleton belonging to “Lucy”, an ancient female hominin who took the story of human evolution back beyond 3 million years for the first time. This autumn also marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the “Taung child”, a fossil…

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In 1974, in a remote region of Ethiopia, the discovery of Lucy's skeleton revolutionized our knowledge of human evolution.

W 1974 roku w odległym regionie Etiopii odkrycie szkieletu Lucy zrewolucjonizowało naszą wiedzę o ewolucji człowieka.

The discovery that rewrote human evolution theory turns 50

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