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Mar. 06, 2009
Don Johanson - Lucy's Legacy
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In 1974, anthropologist Don Johanson and colleagues working in Ethiopia discovered 'Lucy,' a 40-percent complete skeleton of a previously unknown type of ancient hominid. The species, which later was named Australopithecus afarensis, had a small, apelike brain, but was adapted to walk upright -- over 3 million years ago. In this segment, Ira talks with paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson, co-discoverer of the 'Lucy' fossil, about the find and what's been discovered since then about the human family tree. |
Produced by Annette Heist, Senior Producer
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Donald Johanson
Anthropologist, discovered "Lucy"
Co-Author (with Kate Wong): "Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins," (Harmony Books, 2009)
Virginia M. Ullman Chair in Human Origins
Director, Institute of Human Origins
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
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Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins
by Dr. Donald Johanson, Kate Wong
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