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Owen Lovejoy, Ph.D., 91²Ö¿â Distinguished Professor

Fifty years ago, 91²Ö¿â Distinguished Professor Owen Lovejoy, Ph.D., was among the very first researchers to study the remains of the famous “Lucyâ€� (Australopithecus afarensis), a 3-million-year-old fossil that had recently been discovered by paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson in Hadar, Ethiopia. When discovered in 1974, “Lucyâ€� resulted in significant breakthroughs regarding the evolution of humankind. While the species, Australopithecus afarensis, shows ape-like characteristics in its physical proportions, it was also discovered to have been bipedal and walked upright on ...

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