GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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Mary Leakey
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Donald Johanson
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Richard Leakey
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lucy was found by Donald Johanson and Tom Gray on November 24, 1974, at the site of Hadar in Ethiopia. They had taken a Land Rover out that day to map in another locality. After a long, hot morning of mapping and surveying for fossils, they decided to head back to the vehicle.
Detailed explanation-2: -The archaeological team celebrated the discovery with a party at the campsite, where Johanson-an avid Beatles fan-was playing the song, “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.” One of the women on the dig said, “Why don’t you name her Lucy in honor of the song?” And by morning, the name had stuck.
Detailed explanation-3: -Johanson of Arizona State University, who unearthed the famed fossil in 1974, “then this baby is the greatest find of the 21st thus far.” It was the afternoon of December 10, 2000, when fossil hunters led by Zeresenay Alemseged, now at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, spotted the specimen.