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Vol 1 Ep 2 - The australopithecines ( Lucy )

History of the World podcast

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Introduction

Three million years ago, astralepithosines are alive. They may be the ancestors of modern humans. It has been assumed for many years that humans were the first tool makers. How do we know they were alive? The latoly footprints. But first let's tell the story of the woman who discovered them. Mary nicholl was born in london, united kingdom, in 19 13. She got expelled on more than one occasion she didn't achieve the qualifications she maybe should have done. Her passion was for archaeology, but she was not able to study it at university due to her lack of academic qualification.

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