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Rerun. It took over three million years to find her. But palaeontologists Donald Johanson and Tom Gray uncovered the remains of \u2018the Lucy Fossil\u2019 - a previously undiscovered species of pre-human - in Hadar, Ethiopia on 24th November, 1974.\nDespite the find\u2019s massive significance, the event was not greeted with untrammelled joy by all their rival fossil hunters. Some - who had wanted to claim such a discovery for themselves - began publicly disputing that Lucy was indeed a missing link in the evolution of humankind.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly reveal how Lucy received her rock n\u2019 roll name; explain how her tiny brain but upright walking turned previous scientific thinking on its head; and consider whether, actually, \u201cCaptain Caveman was quite accurate\u201d...\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018Nov. 24, 1974: Humanity, Meet Lucy. She's Your Mom\u2019 (WIRED, 2009): https://www.wired.com/2009/11/1124lucy-discovered/\n\u2022 \u2018Lucy and the Leakeys\u2019 (Khan Academy): https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/big-history-project/early-humans/how-ancestors-evolved/a/lucy-and-the-leakeys\n\u2022 \u2018Donald Johanson: Discovering the Fossil \u201cLucy\u201d\u2019 (Freedom From Religion Foundation, 2014): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AX4eqqBcIM\n\u2018Why am I hearing a rerun?\u2019\xa0Every Thursday is 'Throwback Thursday' on\xa0Today in History with the Retrospectors:\xa0running one repeat per week means we can keep up the quality of our independent podcast. Daily shows like this require a lot of work! But as ever we'll have something new for you tomorrow, so follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nLove the show? Join\xa0\xa0\U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\U0001f334 to DITCH THE ADS and get an additional full-length episode every SUNDAY!\nPlus, get weekly bonus bits, unlock over 70 bits of extra content and support our independent podcast.\nJoin now via\xa0Apple Podcasts\xa0or\xa0Patreon.\xa0Thanks!\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022.\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices