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Donald Johanson

Donald Johanson (born June 28, 1943) is an American paleoanthropologist known for his discovery of the skeleton of a 3.18 million year old female hominid in the Afar Triangle[?] of Ethiopia. The skeleton was found on November 30, 1974 and was dubbed "Lucy." Dr. Johanson established the Institute of Human Origins[?], in Berkeley, California in 1981.

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  • Donald Johanson and Maitland Edey, Lucy: The Beginnings of Human Evolution, Simon and Schuster, New York, NY, 1981 ISBN 0-67125-0361

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