Donald Johanson
Donald Carl Johanson (born June 28, 1943) is an American paleoanthropologist. He is known for discovering, with Yves Coppens and Maurice Taieb, the fossil of a female hominin australopithecine known as "Lucy" in the Afar Triangle region of Hadar, Ethiopia.
Donald Johanson | |
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| Born | Donald Steven Johanson June 28, 1943 |
| Nationality | American |
| 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 |
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