When Donald Johanson discovered a partial skeleton, approximately 3.2 million years old, in a remote region of Ethiopia in 1974, he sparked a headline-making controversy that continues today.
Widely regarded as one of the most accomplished paleoanthropologists of our time, Johanson has led groundbreaking fieldwork across Africa and the Middle East and founded the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University. His extraordinary discovery of “Lucy”, a fossil with both ape-like features and evidence of upright walking, provided a crucial link in understanding human evolution, building on ideas first proposed by Charles Darwin.
In his bestselling account, Johanson brings this moment to life with all the suspense of an adventure story, offering a vivid, behind-the-scenes look at the history of paleoanthropology and the colorful figures who shaped it. Never before have the mystery and complexity of our origins been so compellingly told, a remarkable achievement recognized with the National Book Award for Science.
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