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So, who is Lucy? Lucy was a hominid skeleton fossil that was found in the Hadar site of Ethiopia by Donald Johnson and Tom Gray on November 24th, 1974. It took 2 weeks to find 40% of the skeleton. Lucy was named after the Beatles’ song “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” which was playing over and over again during a celebration.

What is a hominid? It’s a member the the biological family called hominidae (aka great apes). They are a bipedalism being (walking on two feet) but neither human or ape. From the way I understood it, they are like the inbetween of ape and human.

I got a chance to see Lucy in Seattle’s Pacific Science center. The exhibit starts of with background of ancient Ethiopia and then progresses into sections about the rise of religion, economic, and cultural power. Before the actual Lucy showing, there’s a section about humaniods and how anthropologists gets information from fossils.

The exhibit ends March 8th so better go now if you want to see it. I would suggest going on a weekday when it’s not so busy. I went on a Saturday and it was packed. Either way it’s still worth it.

Weekend Pairing: What to have a thematic day? If you decide to go see the exhibit, I would highly recommend ending the day with a trip to an Ethiopian Restaurant called Kokeb located on 816 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA. I went to this place after the exhibit and my group got the Kokeb Sampler which ended with a traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony. Another plus to this place is the legendary customer service.

Infor about Lucy: http://www.pacsci.org/LUCY/ and http://www.asu.edu/clas/iho/lucy.html

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