Lucy the Australopithecus lived three million years ago, but the November 24, 1974 his remains were recently discovered in Hadar, northeastern Ethiopia. 41 years after Google prepared a “doodle” in his honor
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Lucy the Australopithecus marked a milestone in research on our ancestors and was considered the first humanoid that could explain the relationship between primates and humans.
The studies confirmed that Lucy the Australopithecus walked on two lower limbs. Her arched feet, indicating that the species was bipedal and no longer climbed trees like primates.
Lucy was no more than a meter, weighing about 27 kilos and when he died would have had 20 years. You may also have had children, according to the analysis of the skeleton.
The team found Lucy the Australopithecus was led by the paleontologist Donald Johanson , who named it in honor to the topic “Lucy in the sky with diamonds” of the English band The Beatles.
The remains of Lucy are on the Ethiopian Natural History Museum in Addis Ababa. It is not open to the public, but in 2007 the government toured the United States to observe the scientific community.
Google wanted to pay tribute to Lucy the Australopithecus and researchers who discovered him with a striking ‘doodle’ on its cover.
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