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Lucy Fossil Ignite Paleontology Controversy Over Human Origins
The Lucy discovery by Johanson sparked a fierce debate with the Leakey camp over human ancestry. Lucy, a 3.5 to 4 million year old Australopithecus afarensis, walked upright and had a small brain, challenging established timelines and branches in early human evolution.
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Lucy
Johanson
Leakey
Louis Leakey
Richard
Olduvai
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Leakeys
Little Lucy
Mary Leakey
Laetolis
Tanzania
Lake Turkana