Podcast appearances and mentions of Donald Johanson

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Physicist Dr. John Matthews of the Telescope Array Project in Delta, Utah talks about their cosmic ray detectors and latest findings. Then, paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson talks about the 50th anniversary of his discovery of the iconic fossil Lucy.

Hace 50 años, en Etiopía, en región de Afar, un equipo de paleoantropólogos descubría los restos fosilizados de Lucy. RFI fue al Museo del Hombre de París para conocer más sobre este célebre homínido bípedo, un Australopithecus afarensis y ancestro lejano del género humano.  Por Ivonne SánchezComo muchos saben quizás, Lucy se llama Lucy simplemente porque en 1974, cuando se descubren los restos de este célebre esqueleto, en el noreste de Etiopía, en la depresión de Afar, la canción de los Beatles "Lucy in the sky with diamonds" se escuchaba por doquier y había que dar un nombre rápido a los restos de ese nuevo homínido de género femenino.  Los restos fosilizados de Lucy se descubrieron un domingo 24 de noviembre de 1974 en el noreste de Etiopia, en la depresión de Afar, una región muy cerca de Yibouti (República de Djibouti), un yacimiento rico en fósiles y de diferentes periodos geológicos. 47 huesos fosilizadosLos restos encontrados forman parte del 40 % de su esqueleto, algo excepcional y se calcula que tiene una edad de 3,2 millones de años. Lucy fue el primer individuo encontrado de una nueva especie, Australopithecus afarensis y en muy poco tiempo se convirtió en un ícono de la paleantropología, al ser el primer homínido bípedo que se hallaba de esa antigüedad.En Francia, su fama se deber al célebre paleontólogo francés Yves Coppens (1934-2022), que junto al geólogo francés Maurice Taieb (1935-2021) y al antropólogo norteamericano Donald Johanson habían fundado juntos en 1972 la expedición internacional científica I.A.R.E. llevada a cabo en la región de Afar y que permitió su hallazgo en 1974. Pinche aquí para ver el archivo del CNRS de la quinta campaña hecha en 1975 en el yacimiento de Afar donde se encontraron muchos otros restos. Musée de l'Homme¿Porqué este australopiteco, de mas de 3 millones de antigüedad es tan célebre? ¿qué sabemos de Lucy, 50 años después? ¿cuanto medía?¿en qué hábitat vivía este australopiteco afarensis? Todas estas preguntas se las hicimos a dos paleoantropólogas en el Museo del Hombre en París en una sala dedicada a Lucy. Entrevistadas: Amélie Vialet, del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Paris y Sandrine Prat del CNRS y del Museo del Hombre.Escuche aquí el reportaje entero de RFI sobre Lucy:Video en francés del Musée de L'Homme sobre los 50 años del descubrimiento de Lucy:

On November 24, 1974—50 years ago this November—a pair of paleoanthropologists made the discovery of a lifetime: a set of 47 bones, hidden in the dusty, rocky hills of a fossil site in Hadar, Ethiopia. The skeleton belonged to a 3.2 million year old hominin, which came to be nicknamed Lucy.She marked the very first specimen of Australopithecus afarensis—a species of early hominins that were very likely our own ancestors. Lucy might be the most famous fossil in the world, and she's transformed our understanding of human evolution.SciFri's Kathleen Davis looks back at 50 years of Lucy with the people who know her best: Dr. Donald Johanson, founding director of the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University and the paleo legend who discovered her, as well as Dr. Zeray Alemseged, paleoanthropologist at the University of Chicago who discovered “Lucy's baby.” They discuss what Lucy has taught us in the last 50 years, why she remains a scientific icon, and how understanding our ancestral origins helps us understand humanity.Transcripts for each segment will be available after the show airs on sciencefriday.com. Subscribe to this podcast. Plus, to stay updated on all things science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters.

It's been 50 years since the American paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson discovered the fossil of ancient hominin 'Lucy' in the Afar region of Ethiopia. The find took the story of human evolution back beyond 3 million years for the first time. Yet, despite largely centring on the African continent as the "cradle of mankind", the narrative of hominin fossil discovery is striking for its lack of African scientists.In this week's episode, Yohannes Haile-Selassie, director of the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University in the US, explains why the story of ancient human origins is so western-centric, and why he's calling for the decolonisation of paleoanthropology.This episode was produced by Mend Mariwany with sound design by Michelle Macklem and our theme music is by Neeta Sarl. Full credits for this episode are available. Sign up here for a free daily newsletter from The Conversation.If you like the show, please consider donating to The Conversation, which is an independent, not-for-profit news organisation. And please do rate and review the show wherever you listen.Further reading:‘Deep inside, something told me I had found the earliest human ancestor; I went numb' – Yohannes Haile-Selassie on his lifetime quest to discover ancient humanityLucy, discovered 50 years ago in Ethiopia, stood just 3.5 feet tall − but she still towers over our understanding of human origins Meet 3-million-year-old Lucy – she'll tell you a lot about modern African heritage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The discovery of Lucy, a fossil from the 1970s, changed paleoanthropology. Before Lucy, scientists saw human ancestors as rough guides, not distinct species. This mindset dominated the interpretation of fossils. Lucy's discovery, representing a new species called Australopithecus afarensis, showed the need to define species clearly. The clash of old and new views was seen in a 1981 debate between Richard Leakey and Donald Johanson. Leakey's refusal to offer an alternative emphasized flaws in traditional practices. This marked a shift towards a better understanding of human origins and diversity, despite some scientists holding onto old ways. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 39816]

The discovery of Lucy, a fossil from the 1970s, changed paleoanthropology. Before Lucy, scientists saw human ancestors as rough guides, not distinct species. This mindset dominated the interpretation of fossils. Lucy's discovery, representing a new species called Australopithecus afarensis, showed the need to define species clearly. The clash of old and new views was seen in a 1981 debate between Richard Leakey and Donald Johanson. Leakey's refusal to offer an alternative emphasized flaws in traditional practices. This marked a shift towards a better understanding of human origins and diversity, despite some scientists holding onto old ways. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 39816]

The discovery of Lucy, a fossil from the 1970s, changed paleoanthropology. Before Lucy, scientists saw human ancestors as rough guides, not distinct species. This mindset dominated the interpretation of fossils. Lucy's discovery, representing a new species called Australopithecus afarensis, showed the need to define species clearly. The clash of old and new views was seen in a 1981 debate between Richard Leakey and Donald Johanson. Leakey's refusal to offer an alternative emphasized flaws in traditional practices. This marked a shift towards a better understanding of human origins and diversity, despite some scientists holding onto old ways. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 39816]

The discovery of Lucy, a fossil from the 1970s, changed paleoanthropology. Before Lucy, scientists saw human ancestors as rough guides, not distinct species. This mindset dominated the interpretation of fossils. Lucy's discovery, representing a new species called Australopithecus afarensis, showed the need to define species clearly. The clash of old and new views was seen in a 1981 debate between Richard Leakey and Donald Johanson. Leakey's refusal to offer an alternative emphasized flaws in traditional practices. This marked a shift towards a better understanding of human origins and diversity, despite some scientists holding onto old ways. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 39816]

The discovery of Lucy, a fossil from the 1970s, changed paleoanthropology. Before Lucy, scientists saw human ancestors as rough guides, not distinct species. This mindset dominated the interpretation of fossils. Lucy's discovery, representing a new species called Australopithecus afarensis, showed the need to define species clearly. The clash of old and new views was seen in a 1981 debate between Richard Leakey and Donald Johanson. Leakey's refusal to offer an alternative emphasized flaws in traditional practices. This marked a shift towards a better understanding of human origins and diversity, despite some scientists holding onto old ways. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 39816]

Since entering into the field of paleoanthropology in 1970, Donald Johanson has found a more focused and rigorous implementation of an expanded collaborative, multinational, transdisciplinary strategy of inquiry with the application of new theoretical and technical innovations that has resulted in a richer picture of our origins and a deeper understanding of how we became human—not only in Africa, but Eurasia as well. The discovery of Lucy 50 years ago provides an appropriate benchmark by which to contrast what we know in 2024 versus what we thought we knew prior to her discovery in 1974. Knowledge of the environment in which our ancestors lived and interacted and successfully navigated the challenges of survival is now coming into clearer focus. We are in a period of specialization, and it is imperative to embrace an integrated approach that melds biological and cultural evolution. Only in this way can we continue to provide a more far-reaching vision of our ancestry. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 39815]

Since entering into the field of paleoanthropology in 1970, Donald Johanson has found a more focused and rigorous implementation of an expanded collaborative, multinational, transdisciplinary strategy of inquiry with the application of new theoretical and technical innovations that has resulted in a richer picture of our origins and a deeper understanding of how we became human—not only in Africa, but Eurasia as well. The discovery of Lucy 50 years ago provides an appropriate benchmark by which to contrast what we know in 2024 versus what we thought we knew prior to her discovery in 1974. Knowledge of the environment in which our ancestors lived and interacted and successfully navigated the challenges of survival is now coming into clearer focus. We are in a period of specialization, and it is imperative to embrace an integrated approach that melds biological and cultural evolution. Only in this way can we continue to provide a more far-reaching vision of our ancestry. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 39815]

Since entering into the field of paleoanthropology in 1970, Donald Johanson has found a more focused and rigorous implementation of an expanded collaborative, multinational, transdisciplinary strategy of inquiry with the application of new theoretical and technical innovations that has resulted in a richer picture of our origins and a deeper understanding of how we became human—not only in Africa, but Eurasia as well. The discovery of Lucy 50 years ago provides an appropriate benchmark by which to contrast what we know in 2024 versus what we thought we knew prior to her discovery in 1974. Knowledge of the environment in which our ancestors lived and interacted and successfully navigated the challenges of survival is now coming into clearer focus. We are in a period of specialization, and it is imperative to embrace an integrated approach that melds biological and cultural evolution. Only in this way can we continue to provide a more far-reaching vision of our ancestry. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 39815]

Since entering into the field of paleoanthropology in 1970, Donald Johanson has found a more focused and rigorous implementation of an expanded collaborative, multinational, transdisciplinary strategy of inquiry with the application of new theoretical and technical innovations that has resulted in a richer picture of our origins and a deeper understanding of how we became human—not only in Africa, but Eurasia as well. The discovery of Lucy 50 years ago provides an appropriate benchmark by which to contrast what we know in 2024 versus what we thought we knew prior to her discovery in 1974. Knowledge of the environment in which our ancestors lived and interacted and successfully navigated the challenges of survival is now coming into clearer focus. We are in a period of specialization, and it is imperative to embrace an integrated approach that melds biological and cultural evolution. Only in this way can we continue to provide a more far-reaching vision of our ancestry. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 39815]

Since entering into the field of paleoanthropology in 1970, Donald Johanson has found a more focused and rigorous implementation of an expanded collaborative, multinational, transdisciplinary strategy of inquiry with the application of new theoretical and technical innovations that has resulted in a richer picture of our origins and a deeper understanding of how we became human—not only in Africa, but Eurasia as well. The discovery of Lucy 50 years ago provides an appropriate benchmark by which to contrast what we know in 2024 versus what we thought we knew prior to her discovery in 1974. Knowledge of the environment in which our ancestors lived and interacted and successfully navigated the challenges of survival is now coming into clearer focus. We are in a period of specialization, and it is imperative to embrace an integrated approach that melds biological and cultural evolution. Only in this way can we continue to provide a more far-reaching vision of our ancestry. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 39815]

How can college students who would like to work in the space industry and at NASA get their foot in the door? And what is the purpose of the Lucy mission to the Trojan Asteroids? To get the answers to both of these questions, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome Freya Holloway, a NASA L'SPACE Lab Tech at ASU. As always, though, we start off with the day's joyfully cool cosmic thing: the latest, most accurate coloration of Neptune. It turns out, the rich, deep blue Neptune we've come to know and love was placed by scientists to increase contrast which are no longer necessary. And Neptune is now a much lighter tone of blue, more in line with the current, turquoise coloration of Uranus. And with that, we turn to the Lucy mission to investigate the “Trojan Asteroids” which share Jupiter's orbit around our sun. Lucy recently did a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh and its moon Selam, discovering that it actually not one asteroid but three distinct bodies. Freya Holloway is an ambassador for Lucy, and she explains the purpose of the flyby and brings us up to speed on where the mission is at. In December this year, Lucy will be making her second Earth gravity assist flyby to build up momentum to slingshot her towards Jupiter. And in April 2025, Lucy will encounter her second main belt asteroid, Donald Johanson. That asteroid is named for the paleontologist involved in the discovery of the Lucy fossil (the mission's namesake) in Ethiopia in the 1970s, and who has actually been involved in the current Lucy mission. Freya explains why the mission is aptly named. Trojan asteroids are fossils, astronomically speaking, and they may be able to teach us something about the birth and evolution of our solar system the same way that Lucy has taught us about early hominids and our own evolution. You'll learn all about this unique population of asteroids, which are far less familiar to most people than either the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter or the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune. One group precedes Jupiter in its orbit around the sun and the other orbits behind, and both groups are relatively pristine and date back to the origins of our solar system. In this episode, we have a special set of questions for Freya that all come from students who attend Notre Dame Academy on Staten Island. First up, Isabella wants to know who Freya's favorite scientist is, and also, does she have a favorite song to listen to while studying. Freya tells us about Dr. Eugene Parker, the heliophysicist who predicted the existence of the solar wind and after whom the Parker Solar Probe and the “The Parker Instability” is named. For the second part, Freya listens to David Bowie's “Let's Dance” as a pick me up for long study sessions. For the first time in the history of The LIUniverse, Charles then brings up a second joyfully cool cosmic thing: the recent meteor (a bolide) that broke up over Germany whose pieces have been collected, many by students! It turns out that Freya collects meteorites, although none which she found on her own. Her favorite is the lunar meteorite she keeps on display at home. The next question from Notre Dame Academy comes from Caitlin Sweeney, who asks Freya, “What's the coolest thing about labs in college?” Freya describes how, compared to high school, labs in college are her favorite part of college and are much more interactive. Another Notre Dame Academy students asks, “What was the biggest challenge you overcame and how did you learn from it?” For Freya, that was finding her place in the academic and professional world. She tells the story of how in 2015, she was a single mom with two young children, one of whom was 8 and just diagnosed with leukemia who lost her job she loved in finance at the Columbus Ohio Zoo. She made the decision to show her children that no matter what life throws at us, we can still be who we want to be, and she enrolled in college and embarked on an entirely new direction. As a student, Freya applied for and went through the NASA L'SPACE Program (Lucy Student Pipeline Accelerator and Competency Enabler), a workforce development program that consists of two academies. In one, the Mission Concept Academy, students work as a team to complete a mission task. In the other academy, students will work as a team to introduce new technology ideas to NASA. NASA chooses a winner each semester and gives them a $10,000 seed fund to develop the idea. After completing the Academies, Freya became an intern on the Lucy mission. She began as a Lucy ambassador, and then came back to serve as an outreach mentor and a student success advisor. If you're a student of at least 18 years of age and enrolled in a US college or university and you'd like to learn more about NASA's L'SPACE Program, visit their website at lspace.asu.edu. You can follow them on Instagram @l_spaceprogram, where Freya helps manage the account, or at NASA L'SPACE Program on LinkedIn and Facebook. We hope you enjoy this episode of The LIUniverse, and, if you do, please support us on Patreon. Credits for Images Used in this Episode: – Neptune calibrated in true color – NASA w/ color by Ardenau4, Public domain – Neptune in exaggerated color – NASA, Public Domain – Uranus in true color – NASA w/ color by Ardenau4, Public domain – The Lucy spacecraft – NASA, public domain – Dinkinesh and its moon Selam – NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL, public domain – The Lucy fossil – 120 on Wikimedia commons, CC BY 2.5 – Diagram of the main belt and Trojan asteroids –  Mdf at English Wikipedia, Public Domain – Dr. Eugene Parker in 2018 – NASA, public domain – Model of the Parker Solar Probe – NASA, public domain – A bolide in the sky – Thomas Grau, Public Domain #TheLIUniverse #CharlesLiu #AllenLiu #SciencePodcast #AstronomyPodcast #FreyaHolloway #Lucy #Neptune #Uranus #Dinkinesh #Selam #TrojanAsteroids #Jupiter #EugeneParker #ParkerSolarProbe #ParkertInstability #asteroid #bolide #meteorite #L'SPACE #NASA #NotreDameAcademy #MissionConceptAcademy  

Plongez au cœur de l'histoire fascinante de Lucy, une australopithèque de 25 ans dont le destin tragique, survenu il y a plus de 3 millions d'années, bouleverse notre compréhension de l'évolution humaine. Alors qu'elle cherche refuge dans un arbre pour échapper à un rhinocéros, Lucy fait une chute mortelle, scellant ainsi son destin et celui de notre espèce. Son corps, préservé par le temps, devient une précieuse fenêtre sur notre passé lointain. Des décennies plus tard, en 1964, une équipe de paléoanthropologues, dont Donald Johanson, fait une découverte révolutionnaire dans le désert de l'Éthiopie : les restes fossilisés de Lucy. Cette trouvaille exceptionnelle ouvre de nouvelles perspectives sur nos origines et lance une quête scientifique sans précédent pour comprendre notre histoire commune avec cette ancêtre lointaine. Merci pour votre écoute Retrouvez l'ensemble des épisodes de l'Heure H sur notre plateforme Auvio.be : https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/22750 Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.

El 24 de noviembre 1974 el estadounidense Donald Johanson y los franceses Yves Coppens y Maurice Taieb, descubrieron fragmentos óseos pertenecientes al esqueleto de un homínido de la especie Australopithecus afarensis, de 3,5 a 3,2 millones de años de antigüedad.

https://www.patreon.com/GnosticInformant Please Consider joining my Patreon to help finding scholars to bring on. Any amount helps me. Thank you existing Patrons. 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LateNiteGnosis Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NealSendlak1 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/uWBZkxd4UX Lucy, the discovery of this 3.2 million-year-old fossil skeleton was such a monumental breakthrough and what it meant for our understanding of human evolution. In 1974, a team of researchers led by the renowned paleoanthropologist Dr. Donald Johanson made a groundbreaking find in the Afar region of Hadar, Ethiopia. They unearthed an almost complete fossil skeleton belonging to an early human ancestor of our species, whom they affectionately named Lucy after the Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." The oldest known religion in Ethiopia is a traditional belief system called "Ethiopian Traditional Religion" or "Ethiopian indigenous faith." This religious practice predates the arrival of Christianity and Islam in the region by thousands of years. It encompasses a wide range of spiritual beliefs and practices that have been passed down through generations and are deeply rooted in Ethiopian culture and heritage. Ethiopian Religion is characterized by its strong connection to nature, ancestral worship, and the belief in supernatural forces and spirits. It incorporates elements of animism, where various aspects of the natural world, such as rivers, mountains, and trees, are considered to possess spiritual essence and are revered accordingly. The practice of Ethiopian Traditional Religion involves rituals, ceremonies, and offerings to appease and seek blessings from ancestral spirits and deities. These rituals often take place in sacred sites, such as forests, mountains, or ancient stone structures known as "mazgabas." The Aksumite religion, also known as the Aksumite Polytheism, refers to the religious practices and beliefs of the Aksumite Empire, an ancient kingdom located in present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea. The primary deity of the Aksumite religion was the god Mahrem, also known as Astar, who was considered the supreme god and the protector of the Aksumite kingdom. Mahrem was associated with the sky, rain, and fertility. The Aksumite kings, who held significant religious and political authority, were believed to be direct descendants of Mahrem, solidifying their divine status and legitimacy. In addition to Mahrem, the Aksumite pantheon included other gods and goddesses, such as Astar, Beher, Meder, and Waraqa. Each deity had specific domains and was worshipped for various purposes, including fertility, protection, agriculture, and prosperity. The Aksumites also practiced ancestor worship, believing that deceased ancestors played a role in the spiritual well-being and guidance of the living. They would honor and venerate their ancestors through rituals and offerings, seeking their blessings and assistance. The Aksumite religion was closely intertwined with the political and cultural aspects of the empire. Temples and religious structures, such as the famous Stelae of Aksum, were erected to honor the gods and commemorate the rulers. Ritual ceremonies, sacrifices, and festivals were held to celebrate important events, agricultural cycles, and religious observances. With the spread of Christianity in the 4th century CE, the Aksumite religion began to decline. Christianity eventually became the dominant religion in the region and played a significant role in shaping Ethiopian culture and identity. #gnosticinformant #documentary #africa --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gnosticinformant/message

In this Roots of Reality Experiences episode, historian Ben Baumann talks with paleoanthropologist Dr. Donald Johanson about his discovery of the famous fossil called "Lucy", how our understanding of human origins has changed over time, and what we may discover in the future. Bio- https://search.asu.edu/profile/50790 Books- https://www.amazon.com/Books-Donald-Johanson/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ADonald+Johanson If you like the podcast, leave a review at: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/root…ty/id1466338710 Follow Roots of Reality on Social Media: Facebook- facebook.com/RootsofReality Twitter- twitter.com/_RootsofReality Instagram- instagram.com/rootsofreality/?hl=en YouTube- youtube.com/channel/UCvmG6sKFW9…isable_polymer=true (Views and memories stated by guests in interviews do not represent Roots of Reality)

Jean-Jacques HublinPaléantropologieCollège de FranceAnnée 2022-2023Colloque - Les héritiers de Lucy / Lucy's Heirs : The French Connection: From the Omo to the AfarIntervenant(s)Donald Johanson, Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University, USAColloque en hommage à Yves Coppens.Organisé par le Collège de France et la Fondation Hugot du Collège de France.Avec le soutien du Musée de l'Homme et de la Société des Amis du Musée de l'Homme.PrésentationLa disparition d'Yves Coppens le 22 juin 2022 a provoqué une vive émotion au sein de la communauté des paléoanthropologues et bien au-delà. Cette personnalité hors norme a profondément marqué sa discipline à la fois par une contribution scientifique exceptionnelle, mais aussi par un impact inégalé auprès d'un très large public. En son hommage, la chaire de Paléoanthropologie du Collège de France organise, avec le soutien de plusieurs partenaires, un colloque exceptionnel intitulé « Les héritiers de Lucy ». Il se tiendra dans l'amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre du Collège de France les 15 et 16 juin prochains.Depuis la découverte de la fameuse « Lucy », les découvertes se sont succédé sur le continent africain à un rythme toujours accéléré, avec notamment la mise en évidence de plusieurs espèces d'Hominines fossiles jusqu'alors inconnues. Les innovations méthodologiques ont été, elles aussi, nombreuses et ont conduit à des réinterprétations parfois radicales des données existantes. Ces progrès spectaculaires offrent aujourd'hui à nos yeux un paysage complètement renouvelé. Nous sommes passés d'une vision linéaire de l'évolution humaine à un buissonnement et une diversité longtemps insoupçonnée de formes d'Hominines aujourd'hui éteintes.Le colloque « Les héritiers de Lucy » rassemblera les meilleurs spécialistes internationaux des Hominines anciens. Il permettra de faire le point sur les nombreuses avancées réalisées depuis les premiers travaux d'Yves Coppens au Tchad et en Éthiopie. Plusieurs générations de chercheurs pourront y confronter leurs résultats et leurs points de vue sur une période cruciale de notre évolution qui a vu l'émergence du genre Homo et porte donc en germe l'Homme véritable.

In 1974, as the sun rises over the Hadar region of Ethiopia, Donald Johanson and Tom Gray, two anthropologists, set out for a day of archaeological excavation. The reddish, arid African soil crunches under their feet, the air is dry and dusty. They feel the heat rising gradually, the atmosphere is stifling. The researchers make their way through the ravine near the Awash river. Their keen eyes scan every corner in search of any anomalies. The sound of the river accompanies their footsteps. Suddenly, Tom stops. Something catches his eye, he kneels down to get a better look. He calls Donald to come help him, and they start digging into the sand and rock with determination. They have no idea yet of the immense discovery they are about to make. Production : Bababam Voice : Fabrice Muracciole Translation of the French script of Clémence Setti Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dans cet épisode, Andréa Brusque vous parle d'une découverte considérée comme l'une des plus importantes dans l'histoire de la paléontologie. Elle nous a fourni des preuves solides de l'évolution des hominidés, groupe de primates dont les ancêtres de l'homme ont fait partie. En plus de son importance scientifique, elle est devenue un symbole culturel important. C'est l'australopithèque la plus connue dans le monde, et elle a inspiré de nombreux livres, films et pièces de théâtre. Son nom : Lucy. De son passé à la découverte de ses ossements, découvrez sa True Story. Une découverte déterminante En 1974, alors que le soleil se lève sur la région d'Hadar en Éthiopie, Donald Johanson et Tom Gray, deux anthropologues, se mettent en route pour une journée de fouilles archéologiques. Ils sentent la chaleur monter petit à petit, l'atmosphère est étouffante. Les chercheurs se frayent un chemin à travers le ravin proche de la rivière Awash. Leurs yeux aguerris scrutent chaque recoin à la recherche de la moindre anomalie. Soudain, Tom s'arrête. Quelque chose attire son regard, il s'agenouille pour mieux voir. Il appelle Donald pour venir l'aider et ils se mettent à gratter le sable et la roche avec détermination. Ils n'ont encore aucune idée de l'immense découverte qu'ils vont faire. Pour découvrir d'autres récits passionnants, cliquez ci-dessous : Jack l'Éventreur, le tueur en série le plus sanguinaire jamais retrouvé Molière, le plus célèbre des dramaturges foudroyé sur scène Valentin de Terni, le patron des amoureux à l'origine de la Saint-Valentin Un podcast Bababam Originals Ecriture : Clémence Setti Voix : Andréa Brusque Production : Bababam (montage Célia Brondeau, Antoine Berry Roger) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rerun. It took over three million years to find her. But palaeontologists Donald Johanson and Tom Gray uncovered the remains of ‘the Lucy Fossil' - a previously undiscovered species of pre-human - in Hadar, Ethiopia on 24th November, 1974. Despite the find's massive significance, the event was not greeted with untrammelled joy by all their rival fossil hunters. Some - who had wanted to claim such a discovery for themselves - began publicly disputing that Lucy was indeed a missing link in the evolution of humankind. In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly reveal how Lucy received her rock n' roll name; explain how her tiny brain but upright walking turned previous scientific thinking on its head; and consider whether, actually, “Captain Caveman was quite accurate”... Further Reading: • ‘Nov. 24, 1974: Humanity, Meet Lucy. She's Your Mom' (WIRED, 2009): https://www.wired.com/2009/11/1124lucy-discovered/ • ‘Lucy and the Leakeys' (Khan Academy): https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/big-history-project/early-humans/how-ancestors-evolved/a/lucy-and-the-leakeys • ‘Donald Johanson: Discovering the Fossil “Lucy”' (Freedom From Religion Foundation, 2014): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AX4eqqBcIM ‘Why am I hearing a rerun?' Every Thursday is 'Throwback Thursday' on Today in History with the Retrospectors: running one repeat per week means we can keep up the quality of our independent podcast. Daily shows like this require a lot of work! But as ever we'll have something new for you tomorrow, so follow us wherever you get your podcasts: podfollow.com/Retrospectors Love the show? Join  

In this episode of Star Stuff, we sit down with Dr. Donald Johanson — the man who traversed Africa in his late 20s, slept with the lions, narrowly escaped helicopter […] The post The Real Indiana Jones: We Talk to Dr. Johanson, the Lucy Discoverer appeared first on Lowell Observatory.

Hoy es Miércoles 24 de noviembre, sexagésimo septimo día de la entrada en erupción el volcán de La Palma. El 24 de noviembre se celebra el Día Mundial de la Evolución que tiene como finalidad recordar dos acontecimientos importantes para la humanidad. El primero, que en el año 1859 se publicó "El Origen de las Especies" de Charles Darwin y el segundo, que en el año 1974 se halló del esqueleto de un homínido muy antiguo, un descubrimiento realizado por el arqueólogo Donald Johanson. 1859: en Inglaterra se publica El origen de las especies de Charles Darwin. 1924: en el océano Atlántico frente a Marruecos desaparece el acorazado España a causa de un gran temporal. 1991: muere el vocalista de Queen Freddie Mercury. Flora es un nombre femenino de origen latino cuyo significado es 'flor'. Hoy, en España, 7.586 mujeres celebran su santo gracias a Santa Flora de Córdoba. El volcán de La Palma registra uno de los niveles más bajos de dióxido de azufre. Nemesio Pérez (Involcan) señala que la clave está en la tendencia, pero confirma que la emisión de SO2 es el parámetro más fiable para certificar la “defunción” de la erupción. Tenerife y Gran Canaria, camino al nivel 2: se disparan los casos y la incidencia covid. Canarias notifica 276 nuevos casos y dos fallecimientos en las últimas 24 horas. En cuanto a la Incidencia Acumulada en Canarias, a los 7 días se sitúa en 77,94 casos (4 más) por cada 100.000 habitantes y a los 14 días en los 136,31 (10 más) casos por 100.000 habitantes. La IA media en España es 133. Ángel Víctor Torres pide a los grupos políticos canarios que apoyen los Presupuestos Generales del Estado. La potente borrasca atlántica afectará a Canarias dejando nieve y lluvias fuertes. La Aemet ha activado el aviso amarillo (riesgo) por chubascos que podrían ser localmente fuertes en Tenerife y La Palma. La Fiscalía recibe la denuncia contra Quintero e inicia una investigación. El Ministerio Público examinará la documentación aportada por el Consistorio de Las Palmas para dar inicio a unas diligencias de investigación. El Gobierno y ERC cierran un pacto de Presupuestos que blinda la legislatura. Con los votos a favor en el último momento de ERC (13), el PdeCat (4) y Nueva Canarias (1), sumados a los de EH Bildu (5), Más País (2), Compromís (1) y PRC (1), los Presupuestos cuentan ya con 181 votos confirmados -junto a los de PSOE (120) y Unidas Podemos (34), mientras que el PNV se encuentra cerca de dar su apoyo definitivo. La OMS alerta de 700.000 muertes por COVID-19 en Europa de aquí a marzo si no se toman medidas urgentes. La OMS aboga también por combinar esas medidas con intervenciones de salud pública como la implantación del pasaporte COVID, el aislamiento de quienes tienen síntomas, los test, el rastreo y las cuarentenas. Todo esto y mucho más en La Reunión de Primera.

Programa de actualidad informativa, presentado y dirigido por Miguel Angel González Suárez. www.ladiez.es - Informativo de primera hora del miércoles 24 de Octubre de 2021 en La Diez Capital Radio. - Hoy es Miércoles 24 de noviembre, sexagésimo septimo día de la entrada en erupción el volcán de La Palma. El 24 de noviembre se celebra el Día Mundial de la Evolución que tiene como finalidad recordar dos acontecimientos importantes para la humanidad. El primero, que en el año 1859 se publicó "El Origen de las Especies" de Charles Darwin y el segundo, que en el año 1974 se halló del esqueleto de un homínido muy antiguo, un descubrimiento realizado por el arqueólogo Donald Johanson. 1859: en Inglaterra se publica El origen de las especies de Charles Darwin. 1924: en el océano Atlántico frente a Marruecos desaparece el acorazado España a causa de un gran temporal. 1991: muere el vocalista de Queen Freddie Mercury. Flora es un nombre femenino de origen latino cuyo significado es 'flor'. Hoy, en España, 7.586 mujeres celebran su santo gracias a Santa Flora de Córdoba. El volcán de La Palma registra uno de los niveles más bajos de dióxido de azufre. Nemesio Pérez (Involcan) señala que la clave está en la tendencia, pero confirma que la emisión de SO2 es el parámetro más fiable para certificar la “defunción” de la erupción. Tenerife y Gran Canaria, camino al nivel 2: se disparan los casos y la incidencia covid. Canarias notifica 276 nuevos casos y dos fallecimientos en las últimas 24 horas. En cuanto a la Incidencia Acumulada en Canarias, a los 7 días se sitúa en 77,94 casos (4 más) por cada 100.000 habitantes y a los 14 días en los 136,31 (10 más) casos por 100.000 habitantes. La IA media en España es 133. Ángel Víctor Torres pide a los grupos políticos canarios que apoyen los Presupuestos Generales del Estado. La potente borrasca atlántica afectará a Canarias dejando nieve y lluvias fuertes. La Aemet ha activado el aviso amarillo (riesgo) por chubascos que podrían ser localmente fuertes en Tenerife y La Palma. La Fiscalía recibe la denuncia contra Quintero e inicia una investigación. El Ministerio Público examinará la documentación aportada por el Consistorio de Las Palmas para dar inicio a unas diligencias de investigación. El Gobierno y ERC cierran un pacto de Presupuestos que blinda la legislatura. Con los votos a favor en el último momento de ERC (13), el PdeCat (4) y Nueva Canarias (1), sumados a los de EH Bildu (5), Más País (2), Compromís (1) y PRC (1), los Presupuestos cuentan ya con 181 votos confirmados -junto a los de PSOE (120) y Unidas Podemos (34), mientras que el PNV se encuentra cerca de dar su apoyo definitivo. La OMS alerta de 700.000 muertes por COVID-19 en Europa de aquí a marzo si no se toman medidas urgentes. La OMS aboga también por combinar esas medidas con intervenciones de salud pública como la implantación del pasaporte COVID, el aislamiento de quienes tienen síntomas, los test, el rastreo y las cuarentenas. Todo esto y mucho más en La Reunión de Primera. - Sección en el programa El Remate de La Diez Capital radio con el empresario del norte de Tenerife, José Domingo Gutiérrez, “el Vitoriero”. Hoy nos habla desde su coche atascado en la autopista del norte de Tenerife donde ha recorrido 20 kms en 2 horas. A la vez promocionamos la gastronomía popular. - Hoy en la Sección del programa El Remate de la Diez Capital radio hablamos con la comunicadora y especialista en redes sociales, Esther Gómez del Black Friday, unas rebajas que en ocasiones son un verdadero fraude.

It took over three million years to find her. But palaeontologists Donald Johanson and Tom Gray uncovered the remains of ‘the Lucy Fossil' - a previously undiscovered species of pre-human - in Hadar, Ethiopia on 24th November, 1974.Despite the find's massive significance, the event was not greeted with untrammelled joy by all their rival fossil hunters. Some - who had wanted to claim such a discovery for themselves - began publicly disputing that Lucy was indeed a missing link in the evolution of humankind.In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly reveal how Lucy received her rock n' roll name; explain how her tiny brain but upright walking turned previous scientific thinking on its head; and consider whether, actually, “Captain Caveman was quite accurate”...Further Reading:• ‘Nov. 24, 1974: Humanity, Meet Lucy. She's Your Mom' (WIRED, 2009): https://www.wired.com/2009/11/1124lucy-discovered/• ‘Lucy and the Leakeys' (Khan Academy): https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/big-history-project/early-humans/how-ancestors-evolved/a/lucy-and-the-leakeys• ‘Donald Johanson: Discovering the Fossil “Lucy”' (Freedom From Religion Foundation, 2014): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AX4eqqBcIMFor bonus material and to support the show, visit Patreon.com/RetrospectorsWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts: podfollow.com/RetrospectorsThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.Theme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.Copyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021. image by Daderot [CC0 1.0],  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Photo:  Lucy Launches on Atlas V to Hunt Trojan Asteroids. NASA. Apparently, the mission was named after Lucy, AL 288-1, a collection of several hundred pieces of fossilized bone representing 40 percent of a female of the hominin species Australopithecus afarensis. In Ethiopia, the assembly is also known as Dinkinesh, which means "you are marvelous" in the Amharic language. Lucy was discovered in 1974 in Africa, at Hadar, a site in the Awash Valley of the Afar Triangle in Ethiopia, by the paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History Lucy's solar panels not nominal.  Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/update-on-lucy-panels-generating-more-than-90-of-expected-power/

What makes us human? And how did we get here? It's only human to want to know. These two renowned paleo-anthropologists have unlocked enormous gaps in our origin story. Each of them discovered some of the most significant prehistoric bones ever found in east Africa. For Donald Johanson it was Lucy. For Richard Leakey it was Turkana Boy. These skeletons helped explain how, why and when our ape ancestors evolved, grew bigger brains, and started walking on two legs. We hear the fascinating tales of their discoveries, but we also learn their personal origin stories, and what led each of them to try to solve some of humankind's greatest mysteries.

A conversation with Professor Donald Johanson, discoverer of the Lucy skeleton in 1974 in the remote Ethiopian desert of Afar. Lucy was a 3.2 million year-old hominid who was the first discovery of her species, a bipedal ape and, according to some theories, a direct ancestor of human beings. Lucy herself has courted controversy and fuelled lots of theories and counter-theories about Human Origins. Johanson published a book on his discovery called Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind and has been a prolific science communicator as an author, on television, radio and the digital domain aswell. He has received numerous awards including the Committee for Skeptical Enquiry's In Praise of Reason Award in 1991 and the American Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award in 1976. He is currently Founding Director and Chair of the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University. A prominent atheist and lecturer, Johanson is an interesting scientist, a great communicator and a generous educator. Support this podcast

20 de Noviembre de 1750. Nace el Sultan Tipo. 21 de Noviembre del 164 aC. Judas Macabeo reconstruye el templo de Jerusalem. 22 de Noviembre de 1968. Nace Rasmus Lerdorf. 23 de Noviembre de 1889. La primera gramola entra en funcionamiento en San Francisco. 24 de Noviembre de 1974. Donald Johanson descubre los restos fósiles de Lucy. 25 de Noviembre de 1192. San Juan de Mata es ordenado sacerdote. 26 de Noviembre de 1504. Muere Isabel La Católica.

En noviembre de 1975, hace 42 años, se descubrió uno de los fósiles más importantes para el entendimiento de la evolución del hombre. Lo hizo Donald Johanson y su equipo de paleoantropólogos en la región de Afar en Etiopía. Por sus características se pudo determinar que se trataba de un homínido ancestral, Australopithecus afarensis, aunque la llamaron Lucy porque era la canción de los Beatles que con insistencia sonaba en el campamento de los exploradores. Desde entonces ha viajado por medio mundo aunque ahora tiene su casa en el Museo Nacional de Etiopía. Con sus 3.18 millones de años es uno de los esqueletos fósiles más antiguos y completos nunca encontrado de un adulto, con características de andar erguida. Ahora, un nuevo estudio añade evidencia a que pudo anidar en los árboles durante la noche para evitar ataques de depredadores.

Looking into the past can be strange and exciting. To understand a past that goes back millions of years, we often depend on the stories told by fossils. Dr. Biology talks with anthropologist Donald Johanson about Lucy, a fossil of human ancestors that has taught us some interesting things about the human-like species that existed before us.

Cara is honored to sit down with paleoanthropologist Dr. Donald Johanson to talk about his discovery of "Lucy" (Australopithecus afarensis), America's climate of anti-intellectualism, and atheism in the scientific community. Follow Don: @DrDonJohanson.

Cara is honored to sit down with paleoanthropologist Dr. Donald Johanson to talk about his discovery of "Lucy" (Australopithecus afarensis), America's climate of anti-intellectualism, and atheism in the scientific community. Follow Don: @DrDonJohanson.

On the show this week guest host Cynthia Graber talks to paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson, most well known for discovering the fossil of a female hominid australopithecine, or "Lucy.”iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inquiring-minds/id711675943RSS: feeds.feedburner.com/inquiring-mindsStitcher: stitcher.com/podcast/inquiring-minds

Food Standards Agency report reveals 70% of supermarket chicken contaminated. Chicken: It's the nation's favourite meat. But today, a report released by the Food Standards Agency has revealed that around three quarters of that chicken is infected by campylobacter - a family of bacteria, 12 species of which are known to cause food poisoning. The estimated cost to the UK economy is £900 million per year. All supermarkets are implicated and all supply chains too. It doesn't cause outbreaks and thorough cooking kills all the bugs. Professor Hugh Pennington tells Dr Adam Rutherford why campylobacter is such a tough bug to crack. Can machines think? Neuroscientist, chess master and world-champion gamer, Demis Hassabis is this week's winner of the Royal Society's Mullard Award. In 2011, he founded an AI company, Deep Mind which was acquired by Google earlier this year for £400million.He tells Adam why he believes one of the best tests for artificial intelligence is an ability to learn how to play computer games. Why scientists study sex Sex between humans has long been something of a taboo for scientists. But the Institute of Sexology is tackling it head-on. It's a new exhibition at London's Wellcome Collection, a frank exploration of sex and the scientists who've studied it for the past century or so. Tracey Logan went to preview the display, and asked: Why do scientists study sex? Australopithecus discovery 40 years on 23rd November 2014 was a significant 40th birthday. Or, to be a bit more precise, it was a 3 million, 200 thousand and 40th birthday. On that day in 1974, Donald Johanson and his team in Ethiopia discovered the fossilised remains of AL 288-1, who became universally known as Lucy. Don talks to Adam Rutherford about the young woman who changed his life. Producer: Anna Buckley & Fiona Roberts Assistant Producer: Jen Whyntie.

The discovery of Lucy changed the way we look at our human origins. Brilliant paleo-anthropologist Donald Johanson talks about where we came from as a species... and where we're going.

Lucy es el nombre que Donald Johanson y su equipo le pusieron a un esqueleto de Australopithecus Afarensis que hallaron en Hadar (Etiopía) en 1974. Ahí va un breve capítulo en el que os hablo de Lucy y de la evolución del ser humano.

Anthropologist Chris Stringer of the Natural History Museum in London talks about Neandertals. And Scientific American 's Kate Wong, co-author with Donald Johanson of Lucy's Legacy, talks about the discovery and impact of the famous Lucy fossil. Plus, we test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include www.snipurl.com/lucyfinder; http://bit.ly/bntu0

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A major paleoanthropological fossil find was announced on September 20th. Donald Johanson is the director of the Institute of Human Origins and professor of human origins at Arizona State University, and is the discoverer of the famous Lucy fossil more than three decades ago. In this episode, he talks about the new finding and what it means for our understanding of human evolution. We also hear recent comments by John Hofmeister, the president of the Shell Oil Company, that might sound surprising coming from a person in his position. And we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Websites mentioned on this episode include www.sciam.com; www.sciamdigital.com; www.sciam.com/podcast