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b"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):\\xa0https://www.wired.com/2009/11/1124lucy-discovered/\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Lucy and the Leakeys\\u2019 (Khan Academy):\\xa0https://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):\\xa0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AX4eqqBcIM\\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\\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 2021. image\\xa0by Daderot [CC0 1.0],\\xa0\\n#70s #Discoveries #Science #Ethiopia\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"