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Lucy: the beginnings of humankind

by Donald C. Johanson, Maitland Armstrong Edey · 1981

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Describes the discovery of the oldest, most complete skeleton of any erect walking human ancestor ever found in 1974 in Ethiopia.

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sciencescienceMore like thisLess of thisanthropologyanthropologyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thiseducationeducationMore like thisLess of thissociologysociologyMore like thisLess of this
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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
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archaeologyarchaeologyMore like thisLess of thiswomenwomenMore like thisLess of thisnaturenatureMore like thisLess of this
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AfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of thisEthiopiaEthiopiaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 409 pages

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