Fifty years ago this weekend, there was a team of archaeologists digging in Ethiopia, looking for early fossils of human ancestors. After an uneventful morning, Donald Johanson walked back to his Land ...

When Donald Johanson arrived in Ethiopia in June 1970, he knew it was exactly where he wanted to be. Then a student at the University of Chicago, the American paleoanthropologist had jumped at the ...

When palaeoanthropologist Donald Johanson discovered a bone fragment at the Hadar fossil site in Ethiopia in 1974, he knew it was an extraordinary find, but little did he know just how much it would ...

TEMPE, AZ (AZFamily) — Fifty years ago, Arizona State Professor Donald Johanson discovered the Lucy fossil skeleton—dated at over 3 million years old. The finding has been revolutionary for those who ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with paleoanthropologist, Donald Johanson, about the 50th anniversary of his biggest discovery, Lucy, an early human ancestor. Fifty years ago this weekend, there was a team ...