Human ancestor Lucy gets first European showing in Prague • FRANCE 24 English

Well, moving on now to another migratory journey for humanity’s common ancestor, Lucy. Although this one is probably much less consequential for the future. The ancient remains went on display in Prague on Monday, one of its rare journeys outside of Ethiopia and its first ever showing in Europe. The Oralopythecus of Farn Farenis, excuse me, bones were first discovered in 1974. That revolutionary discovery forever changing the understanding of where we all come from. Lucy’s remains will also be presented along Saleams, a baby of the same species who lived 100,000 years earlier than she did. And he was found in precisely the same place 25 years later. Ethiopia stands unparalleled for its continuous fossil record of human ancestors spanning 6 million years with 14 specimens of human ancestors from Oralopiticus to Homo sapiens discovered in Ethiopia. No matter what, no matter how you look at the evidence for this, our roots, every single one of us in this room, no matter the color of our skin, the shape of our eyes, the texture of our hair, are African. That we all share a common ancestry. We are united by our

The 3.18-million-year-old bone fragments of human ancestor Lucy, which rarely leave Ethiopia, went on display in Prague on Monday, with the Czech prime minister hailing the fossils’ “first ever” showing in Europe.
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