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Donald Johanson

80 years old Paleontologist born on

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Profession
Paleontologist
Age
80 years old
Zodiac
Cancer
Born in
Illinois
About
Chicago-born paleoanthropologist who was part of the team that, in 1974, discovered the "Lucy," a hominid australopithecine fossil in Ethiopia. He also founded the Institute of Human Origins in Berkeley, California in 1981.
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He and fellow paleoanthropologists, Maurice Taieb and Yves Coppens, were responsible for discovering "Lucy," which at the time was the oldest humanoid fossil.

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