Lucy - San Diego, CA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2
N 32° 43.894 W 117° 09.142
11S E 485723 N 3621539
A replica of the 3.2 million year old hominid fossils known as Lucy.
Waymark Code: WMR6X8
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/18/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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Located in San Diego's Museum of Man.
The Museum placard reads:

"Sculptural replica of fossil partial skeleton
Australopithecus afarensis

Fossils found in Hadar, Ethiopia, in Africa,
in 1974 by Donald Johanson and his team.

Age: 3.2 million years"

Wikipedia (visit link) informs us:

"Lucy is the common name of AL 288-1, several hundred pieces of bone fossils representing 40 percent of the skeleton of a female of the hominin species Australopithecus afarensis. In Ethiopia, the assembly is also known as Dinkinesh, which means "you are marvelous" in the Amharic language. Lucy was discovered in 1974 near the village Hadar in the Awash Valley of the Afar Triangle in Ethiopia by paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson.

The Lucy specimen is an early australopithecine and is dated to about 3.2 million years ago. The skeleton presents a small skull akin to that of non-hominin apes, plus evidence of a walking-gait that was bipedal and upright, akin to that of humans (and other hominins); this combination supports the view of human evolution that bipedalism preceded increase in brain size.

"Lucy" acquired her name from the song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" by the Beatles, which was played loudly and repeatedly in the expedition camp all evening after the excavation team's first day of work on the recovery site. After public announcement of the discovery, Lucy captured much public interest, becoming almost a household name at the time.

Lucy became famous worldwide, and the story of her discovery and reconstruction was published in a book by Johanson. Beginning in 2007, the fossil assembly and associated artifacts were exhibited publicly in an extended six-year tour of the United States; the exhibition was called Lucy’s Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia. There was discussion of the risks of damage to the unique fossils, and other museums preferred to display casts of the fossil assembly. The original fossils were returned to Ethiopia in 2013, and subsequent exhibitions have used casts."
Where is original located?: Ethiopia

Where is this replica located?: San Dego, CA

Who created the original?: natural

Internet Link about Original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(Australopithecus)

Year Original was Created (approx. ok): 3.2 million years ago

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