Donald Johanson | |
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Born | Donald Carl Johanson June 28, 1943 |
Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign University of Chicago |
Known for | Discovery of a new hominid, Australopithecus afarensis ("Lucy") |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Paleoanthropology |
Institutions | Arizona State University |
Donald Carl Johanson (born June 28, 1943) is an American paleoanthropologist. He is known for discovering the fossil of a female hominin australopithecine known as "Lucy" in the Afar Triangle region of Hadar, Ethiopia.
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