How Australopithecus afarensis got the name "Lucy" from the Beatles
Channel: Eric Dondero, Right-Anthro & Human Origins
Date: 30/12/2023

It's a cute little story.  The discoverer of Australopithecus afarensis Donald Johanson was a big rock music fan.  But there's more to the story.  Lucy was discovered in northern Ethiopia in 1974.   She has become the most famous Hominid in human history.

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