Part one of term paper
Louis Leakey found the first fossil remains of the species in 1935 during an excavation in Africa. He found a canine tooth from the A. afarenis species while in Laetoli, Tanzania, which is near Lake Victoria. He met his future wife Mary at Cambridge. It was 43 years until the next remains would be found. In 1978, Mary Leakey, who was Lou ...

Part two of term paper
... push off with their toes, just as humans do today. Though the Leakey's findings were important, Donald Johanson's were the most important. Donald Johanson, in 1974 found the most popular fossilized hominid. He was the anthropologist who found the invaluable ”Lucy.” Forty-seven bones of Lucy were found in Hadar, Ethiopia. The skeleton was 40% done--the most complete hominid skeleton found. Through radiocarbon dating, scientist discovered that Lucy lived 3.2 million years ago. Lucy, wit ...