Explorer Lecture: Dr. Donald Johanson, "Cleveland, Lucy, and the Human Story"

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The Cleveland Museum of Natural History was proud to welcome back Dr. Donald Johanson, for our latest Explorer Lecture. Dr. Johanson is Founding Director and Virginia M Ullman Chair in Human Origins at Arizona State University. But, you may know him better as the researcher who discovered the famous, 3.2-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis specimen, Lucy, in 1974. At the time, he was studying the origins of humankind as a curator right here at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. On a research expedition to Ethiopia, he unearthed this specimen, which would go on to change our understanding of hominin evolution. Learn more about the ways Dr. Johanson transformed the study of hominin evolution and hear about the fateful day 45 years ago when he discovered Lucy in his presentation: "Cleveland, Lucy, and the Human Story."