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Lucy and Ardi: The two fossils that changed human history – BBC Focus Magazine
Kermit Pattison, author of Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Ancestor and the Origins of Humankind, tells the story of two skeletons that changed our understanding…
This is a tale of two skeletons. It is the saga of a pair of ancient members of the human family from Ethiopia nicknamed Lucy and Ardi. The former is an icon of early humanity while the latter is lesser-known, but no less important and perhaps more revelatory. Their stories reveal much about early human evolution and how the science of our past has advanced over the last half century.
The Afar Depression of Ethiopia is one of the most productive fossil-producing regions of the world. Part of the…
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