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What 'Lucy,' One of the World's Most Important Fossils, Has Taught Scientists in the 50 Years Since Her Discovery
About 3.2 million years ago, among the prehistoric forests of what is now Ethiopia, a small human was folded into the fossil ...
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Lucy's Legacy: 50 Years On, The Fossil That Changed Our Understanding Of Human Evolution
Lucy has and continues to play a fundamental role in our understanding of our ancient ancestors and how we evolved.
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Stunning Discovery of ‘Lucy’ Fossil Revealed Humans Were Walking On Feet 3.2 Million Years Ago
Stunning Discovery of ‘Lucy’ Fossil Revealed Humans Were Walking On Feet 3.2 Million Years Ago Experts find human evolution a ...
The whole story of human evolution – from ancient apes via Lucy to us
Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.
The whole story of human evolution, from ancient apes via Lucy to us, in one long read
In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...
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50 years after her discovery, Lucy's skeleton still shapes paleoanthropology
Fifty years ago, the discovery of a human ancestor "Lucy" generated worldwide attention. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with paleoanthropologist Zeray Alemseged about the legacy of the discovery.
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50 years after her discovery, Lucy's skeleton still shapes paleoanthropology
And to see the original fossils of Lucy and to really encounter ... than Lucy and lived 150,000 years before Lucy, a child that died at the age of 2 1/2. And because of her antiquity and her ...
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The whole story of human evolution, from ancient apes via Lucy to us, in one long read
Lucy the "paleo-rock star" took our major fossil evidence for bipedal walking ... which the rapid decay rate of carbon-14 limited to a maximum age of about 40,000 years. Since then, new dating ...