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National Museum of Ethiopia, King George VI St, Addis.
Archaeological exhibits include a realistic replica of the 3.3-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis skull and skeleton parts known as Lucy (or Dinquinesh -- "thou art wonderful" -- to Ethiopians), whose discovery in 1974 forced a complete re-think of human geneaology, proving that our ancestors were walking 2.5 million years earlier than had previously been supposed.
Lucy's part-skeleton was discovered by Donald Johanson at Hadar, in the Afar region.
Lucy was 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) tall, weighed 29 kg (64 lb), and (after reconstruction) looked somewhat like a chimpanzee. The creature had a small brain like a chimpanzee, but the pelvis and leg bones were almost identical in function to those of modern humans, showing with certainty that Lucy's species were hominins that had stood upright and had walked erect.
Above shows a wall-panel illustrating re-construction of the skeleton (though some doubt whether it should be quite so upright?.)
Other even-earlier hominids have since been found in Ethiopia including in the Omo Valley.
BUT follow this recent Gresham College (Oxford) video (Y Tube) by Robin May on human evolution:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKd4OWgn5ak&t=1632s
The latest leaps in science have evidenced much more than the Lucy "out of Africa:" explanation.
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Link:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(Australopithecus)
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Broad picture of where "Lucy" fits in the Evolution development. Main difference with humans is the subsequent enlarged brain capacity. [It's thought that there was a spurt in brain size associated with consumption of bone marrow ?.]
"Shared feature: walking on two legs"
At the Museum, cabinets display characteristics especially of skull features.
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Re-constructed skeleton of Lucy in bipedal position. Short stature by today's standards. Thought to be 15 - 20 by bone/teeth analysis.
About 3.3 million years.
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Selam.
Partial skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis.
At the National Museum of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa.
2006 discovery. Found not far from the Lucy site. Thought to be only 3-year old.
Link:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selam_(Australopithecus)
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Typical of Konso culture. Poles and stones form an important part of Konso ritual. The carved waka/waga are erected above the grave of any important Konso man or warrior, surrounded by smaller statues of his wives and defeated foes. The sombre facial features of the dead warrior are carved into the waka, --- sometimes with enlarged teeth from animal bone.
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Link:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waga_sculpture
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