The phylogenetic evolution of man
(2nd Period / 3rd Battle of the Titans)
It was November 1974 when American paleoanthropologist Donald C. Johanson with his scientific team was searching for the roots of ‘humankind’ by doing excavations in an area at the Afar Desert, near the city of Hadar, Ethiopia. A little further down, right next to a trunk of a big tree, there was a makeshift tent, set there to offer them and their things some protection from the burning sun. Under the tent, there was a small folding table on which there were some glasses and a radio. At that time, the Beatles’ song ‘Lucy in the sky with diamonds’ was playing on the radio, when one of the workers joyfully cried out loud. Right in front of him were the remnants of the fossilized bones of a hominin.
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