Famous Fossil “Lucy” has arrived in Houston!
Despite controversy and criticism, the Houston Museum of Natural Science has imported the famous fossil known as “Lucy,” which was once believed to be the earliest human ancestor and the answer to many questions about human evolution.
Lucy traveled to Houston from Ethiopia, where the fossils were found and have remained since they were discovered by Donald Johanson.
Currently, Johanson is the director of the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University. He endorses the exhibit, “Lucy’s Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia,” and says that now is the perfect time to provide education about human origin, stimulate curiosity and interest in the study of human origin, and believes that the exhibit will be educationally beneficial.
Critics, including Richard Leakey, say the exhibit exploits human ancestors and is too risky for the fragile fossil, which could easily be damaged.
The museum says it has taken all precautions, and Dirk Van Tuerenhout, curator of anthropology for the Houston museum, said the fossils are in the same condition in Houston as they were when they left Ethiopia, and that the bones are not as fragile as some other exhibits have been.
The exhibit runs from August 31, 2007 through April 20, 2008.
There is a live press conference being broadcast through the Internet on August 28, 2007, 10:00 a.m. The broadcast will support either Windows Media Playertest
or QuickTime 7test. For more information, see the museum’s Web site.
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