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When and where was Lucy found?

Archeologists discover three medieval towns






"..The remains of mosques, residential areas and city
walls, and buildings with walls several meters high
stud the sites of the medieval towns of Asbari, Masal
and Nora."  More
1.2 million years old Homo Erectus pelvis found in Ethiopia
" The fossilized pelvis of a Homo erectus woman who lived 1.2 million
years ago on the banks of an Ethiopian river has been discovered..More
Humans 80,000 Years Older Than Previously Thought?
Dec.3 ( National Geographic ) - Modern humans may have evolved
more than 80,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a
new study of sophisticated stone tools found in Ethiopia. More
Out of Africa, not once but twice
"Modern humans are thought to have left Africa in a
wave of migration around 50,000 years ago. But
another smaller group, possibly a different
subspecies, left the continent 50,000 years
earlier,..... More
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Ancient caves
discovered in Keffa






"Nine ancient caves were
recently discovered in Telo
Woreda, Keffa Zone of the
South Ethiopia Peoples' State,
the Woreda information . More
The discovery of "Little Lucy" by
Nature Magazine:
Streaming video: Hominid evolution and
development
Fossils belong to new great ape
22 August 2007 ( BBC ) - Nine fossilised
teeth found in Ethiopia are from a
previously unknown species of great
ape, Nature journal reports.
The 10 million-year-old fossils belong to
an animal that has been named.....More
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Ethiopia sends 'Lucy'
to the US




Addis Ababa - Ethiopia hopes
to attract more tourists by
sending "Lucy," a celebrated
3,2 million-year-old female
hominid skeleton, to....More
    Oldest Pre-Human Revealed
    1 October, 2009 (David Perlman) - "Ardi's full
    name, Ardipithecus ramidus uses traditional
    Greek suffixes but precedes them with words in
    the local Afar language: Ardi means "ground"
    and ramid means "root," so together her name
    literally means "root of the ground ape."
    The scientists describing their discoveries...More
Ethiopia, Destination For The Bold
    10 Dec. 2009 (Peter Heinlein) -
    "Discoveries are a regular
    occurence here. A few kilometers
    outside Harar, a guide leads
    visitors up a mountainside to a
    cave chiseled by the Harla people
    who lived here for centuries. He
    splashes water on the outside
    wall, and it seems to come..More
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Lucy’s Kin Carved Up a Meaty Meal, Scientists Say
11 August, 2010 (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD) - As early
as 3.4 million years ago, some individuals with a taste for meat and
marrow — presumably members of the species best known for the
skeleton called Lucy — apparently butchered with sharp and heavy
stones two large animals on the shore of a shallow lake in what is
now Ethiopia. .....More