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andrameneganzin.bsky.social
So refreshing to see discussions and initiatives focused on the development of African paleosciences taking center stage in the #Lucy50 celebrations.
November 23, 2024 at 1:10 PM
mu-peter.bsky.social
Human Origins ASU presents,
"Lucy's Impact on Human Origins Science," 🏺🧪
co-sponsored by @cartaucsd.bsky.social

Join us all day for a celebration of the discovery of Lucy!

#Lucy50 Livestream: news.asu.edu/asulive

Details/Post-Event Recordings: carta.anthropogeny.org/events/lucy-...

#ILoveLucy
"Lucy's Impact on Human Origins Science,"
April 6, 2024 at 3:50 PM
ncse.bsky.social
Today we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of Lucy! Lucy was discovered by paleoanthropologist and long-time supporter of NCSE Donald Johanson and Tom Gray. Her discovery transformed our understanding of human origins.
#lucy50 #humanorigins #evolution #celebratescience
Lucy and her Origin Story. Intelligence? Bipedalism? Before Lucy's discovery, there was considerable debate about whuch trait first distinguished our early human ancestors from our ape relatives. In 1924, the first specimen of Australopithecus was uncovered. It was first studied by anatomist, Raymond Dart. It was the skull of Australopithecus africanus and became known as the Taung Child. The skull suggested a species with a small brain. There was somethingly distinctly human about it though. The foramen magnum was located at the bottom of the skull rather than toward the back of the skull. This provided the first clue that bipedalism evolved first. Scientists were slow to warm up to the idea of bipedalism evolving before large brains. There were pieces of the puzzle still missing. Lucy put the debate to rest. In 1973, a knee joint was discovered in Ethiopia by paleoanthropologist, Donald Johanson. The knee joint was nearly identical to a modern human and clearly from one of our bipedal ancestors. Johanson and grad student Tom Gray returned to the site the following year and uncovered 40% of a 3.2 million-year-old fossilized skeleton that is now known as Lucy. A new species was named: Australopithecus afarensis. Before Lucy, we didn't know what Australopithecus looked like from the neck down. Lucy gave us the rest of the picture. Her locomotion was strikingly similar to modern humans. She revealed that our human ancestors stood up long before our brain size expanded substantially. Lucy was infamously named after the Beatles song, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. To this day, she has retained her rockstar status. She remains an icon, invoking a sense of inspiration and awe, even amongst non-scientists of the story of our species. In Ethiopia, Lucy is known as Dinkinesh. This translates to "You are marvelous". In 2021, NASA launched the Lucy Space Mission. Lucy will be exploring Jupiter's trojan asteroids, which will greatly expand our knowledge of our solar system's origins. In 2023, Lucy reached her first destination: An asteroid called Dinkinesh.
November 24, 2024 at 11:24 PM
apgodshall.bsky.social
The first Paleo rockstar, Lucy

youtu.be/LVYVeGE1_7A
Lucy50 Symposium 2024—The Impact of Lucy on Human Origins Science—Ann Gibbons
YouTube video by ASU Institute of Human Origins
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January 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
davidofagun.bsky.social
If Lee Berger would have been the one 'finding' Lucy on the same anniversary day of Darwin's Origin, we would be saying that he picked that specific date to present her for his own publicity campaign, right? 😬😅

(Multilayered stratigraphic joke)

#Lucy50 #DarwinOrigin165
November 24, 2024 at 7:47 PM
prehistoricwirral.bsky.social
#OTD #Lucy #Lucy50 this is her song, that she was named after... www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgR6...
The Beatles - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Official Video)
YouTube video by TheBeatlesLyrics
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2024 at 11:45 AM
prehistoricwirral.bsky.social
#OTD 50years ago the 3.2million year old skeleton remains of Australopithecus afarensis were discovered #Lucy #Lucy50 www.museedelhomme.fr/fr/actualite...
Lucy : les 50 ans d’une découverte
Il y a 50 ans, Lucy, l’une des plus célèbres australopithèques, a été découverte dans l’Afar, en Éthiopie.
www.museedelhomme.fr
November 24, 2024 at 11:36 AM