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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
.
Bibliography
Donald Johanson and Maitland Edey,
Lucy: The Beginnings of Human Evolution
, Simon and Schuster, New York, NY, 1981
ISBN 0-67125-0361
External link
Bio: Dr. Donald C. Johanson
(
http://www.asu.edu/clas/iho/dcj
)
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