Our oldest known sister to the human race, aged 3.2 million years old, Lucy, is now making guest appearance, in fossil form, at the Ethiopian Pavilion at Expo 2020.
This fossil was discovered in 1974 between a bunch of ravines at Hadar in northern Ethiopia.
Anthropologist Donald Johanson and his student Tom Gray nicknamed her “Lucy.”
When the skeleton was reconstructed, she was 40 percent composed of a petite female. She also had an ape-sized brain and was one meter tall, 3’28 in feet, we love a short queen.
Johanson also named Lucy’s species ‘Australopithecus afarensis’ which means ‘southern ape of Afar’.
People visiting the Ethiopian pavilion can see the oldest humanoid fossil and other archaeological sources that take part in Ethiopia heritage, said Ambassador Jerusalem Amdemariam Tadesse, Consul-General of Ethiopia to Khaleej Times in an interview.
“Ethiopia is as old as time itself. It is the cradle of humanity where humans first began to walk upright. Our pavilion will showcase Ethiopia as a land of origins and opportunities,” she said.
It is joined by some other very intriguing features, including a 4D ‘bioprinter’ that can reproduce live cells, and the world’s largest radio satellite that can detect alien life.
“Expo 2020 is for explorers, foodies, and culture enthusiasts, for children, for grandparents, for entrepreneurs, inventors and business travelers, for the casual tourist and for the curious who want to experience the future – now,” says Vice President of Market Strategy and Sales.
