The discoverer of the famous Lucy fossil has returned to Cleveland for a sold-out talk.
Donald Johanson was a curator of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History when, in 1974, he led the team that made the discovery of the ancient human ancestor.
He鈥檚 currently head of the at the University of Arizona.
Johanson is speaking Friday as part of the museum鈥檚 , and hosted a webinar in Cleveland.
He says the discovery of not only launched his career and transformed our view of human evolution, it鈥檚 had a lasting impact on her homeland.
鈥淎ll over Ethiopia you see references to her, you see the Lucy bakery, or the Lucy school, or the Lucy soccer team. So she鈥檚 had an enormous effect on many of us 3.2 million years after she lived," Johanson said.
Johanson says Cleveland has remained a hot-bed of activity in the field of , and local scientists continue to make important contributions to our understanding of human origins.
