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Johanson, the discoverer, in 1974, of "Lucy"--the oldest skelton of an erect-walking human yet found--reports the story of his internationally acclaimed find and speculates on its meaning for the understanding of our origin
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When Donald Johanson found a partial skeleton, approximately 3.5 million years old, in a remote region of Ethiopia in 1974, a headline-making controversy was launched that continues on today.
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Science writer Maitland Edey lives in New York City and Martha’s Vineyard.
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- PublisherSimon and Schuster
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 0246113626
- ISBN 13 9780246113627
- BindingHardcover
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- Number of pages320
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