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#1107 Donald Johanson: Lucy, Australopithecus afarensis, and Homo habilis

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Discovering Lucy: A Turning Point in Human Origins

This chapter details the groundbreaking discovery of the Australopithecus afarensis fossil known as Lucy, made by a graduate student in Ethiopia during the 1970s. It highlights the implications of this finding for our understanding of human evolution, as well as Lucy's lasting impact on paleoanthropological research.

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