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Paleoanthropologists have learned a lot about Lucy, the world’s most famous hominin fossil, since she was discovered in 1974. And her fossils are still yielding new insights
Emily Driehaus
November 22, 2024
Jack Tamisiea
August 29, 2024
Emma Saaty & Jack Tamisiea
January 4, 2024
May 12, 2023
Emma Saaty
March 3, 2023
January 13, 2023
Lyric Aquino
November 24, 2022
November 23, 2022
November 16, 2022
April 1, 2022
Madison Goldberg
February 28, 2022
January 31, 2022
Tess Joosse
December 9, 2021
October 21, 2021
September 30, 2021
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After 50 Years, Scientists Still Love Lucy
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