But it really wasn’t until three to four years later, when we had an opportunity in the lab to make very detailed observations, and comparisons with other fossil discoveries, that we realized she was a new species of human ancestor.
Donald Johanson Quotes
Scientists are very afraid of being proven wrong.
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| Birth: | 28th June, 1943 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Paleontologist |
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Donald Carl Johanson is an American paleoanthropologist. Along with Maurice Taieb and Yves Coppens, he is known for discovering the fossil of a female hominid australopithecine known as "Lucy" in the Afar Triangle region of Hadar, Ethiopia.
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