About this title: The story of one of the most important fossil finds in man's search for his ancestors - the 60per cent complete female hominid skeleton nicknamed "Lucy". Confirming beyond doubt the early bipedal nature of human ancestors, she was discovered in 1973 in Ethiopia by a team of scientists led by Johanson.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Warner Books, Incorporated, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780446370363ISBN:0446370363
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Pages have no tears, creases, or dogears; Spine is slightly creased and some edge wear. Page edges are lightly soiled. Highly illustrated with B & W and Color illustrations and photos. 409 pages with index. SYNOPSIS: LUCY is a tiny lady three feet tall, 60 pounds light and 3.5 million years old. The oldest, most complete skeleton of any erect walking human ancestor ever found. Donald Johanson discovered her in Ethiopia in 1974 and set the world of anthropology on ... read more
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"This book revolves around the discovery of the fossil of the Australopithecus Afarensis, Lucy. It is told in the perspective of the man who discovered her, Donald Johanson. Along with the discovery of the oldest hominid fossil, the book also tells about other important archeological finds that contributed to the theory of evolution, such as the Homo Habilis finds at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania and Homo Neanderthalensis remains in Shanidar Cave in Iraq and the famed Taung Baby. The book talked about all of the things that separated early humans from apes ( bipedalism, different teeth and arboreal arms). I learned that there are many gaps in the evolutionary scale, since certain pieces of evidence have not been found. I liked that the book did not just focus on archeology in the field. The book also told about the politics within the world of archeology. It told about secrets, scandals, and notorious archeologists. It was interesting to see that there was so much more behind archeology than we normally hear about. I would recommend this book to people who are really into pre-history and evolution, because those topics are what link all of the different fossils found."
""Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"...This book talks about the famous discovery of the Australipthicus Aferensis, Lucy. Most of you would find this book to be boring, but I was an Archaeology major so i'm a big excavation nerd."
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