Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Archaeology: Lucy, World's Oldest, Returns to Ethiopia



Welcome home Lucy' read the banners adorning the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, where the 3.2m-year-old skeleton of an early human ancestor, Australopithecus afarensis, was on display at the beginning of May.

Lucy, or Dinknesh (meaning 'you are amazing' in Amharic), had returned from a five-year tour of the United States.

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