Donald Johanson Paleoanthropologish L U C Y - July 24th, 2017
Donald Carl Johanson (born June 28, 1943) is an American paleoanthropologist. He is known for discovering â with Yves Coppens and Maurice Taieb â the fossil of a female hominin australopithecine known as "Lucy" in the Afar Triangle region of Hadar, Ethiopia. Lucy was discovered in Hadar, Ethiopia on November 24, 1974, when Johanson, coaxed away from his paperwork by graduate student Tom Gray for a spur-of-the-moment survey, caught the glint of a white fossilized bone out of the corner of his eye, and recognized it as hominin. Forty percent of the skeleton was eventually recovered, and was later described as the first known member of Australopithecus afarensis. Johanson was astonished to find so much of her skeleton all at once. Pamela Alderman, a member of the expedition, suggested she be named "Lucy" after the Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" which was played repeatedly during the night of the discovery. Estimated age at 3.22 and 3.18 million years.
Sent him 2 photos on 5 Jul and got both back signed on 24 Jul.
Dr Donald Johanson
747 Leavenworth St. Apt 2
San Francisco, CA 94109 |
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