'Lucy' Discovered in Africa

National Geographic
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Anthropology Archaeology Geology
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Earth and Space Sciences
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'Lucy' Discovered in Africa

On November 24, 1974, fossils of one of the oldest known human ancestors, an Australopithecus afarensis specimen nicknamed “Lucy,” were discovered in Hadar, Ethiopia.
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