Where was Lucy (Australopithecus) found?
While hunting for fossils in Ethiopia's Afar Triangle on November 24, 1974, paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson and graduate student Tom Gray stumbled upon the partial remains of a previously unknown species of ape-like hominid. Nicknamed “Lucy," the mysterious skeleton was eventually classified as a 3.2 million-year-old “Australopithecus afarensis"—one of humankind's earliest ancestors. The headline-grabbing find filled in crucial gaps in the human family tree, but it also shook up ideas about early human evolution and upright walking.
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Ström Silverhammare
Trick question this, because the first evidence of Australopithecus was discovered in 1924 in South Africa, then later in Tanzania. But the question was referring to "Lucy".
John Gohlke
Bone fragments were actually found spread over a large area,resulting in a "composite" skeleton, and an hominid closer to today's ape family.