Lucy

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What to expect

The story of the discovery of “Lucy”—the oldest, best-preserved skeleton of any erect-walking human ancestor ever found.

When Donald Johanson found a partial skeleton, approximately 3.5 million years old, in a remote region of Ethiopia in 1974, a headline-making controversy was launched that continues today. Bursting with all the suspense and intrigue of a fast-paced adventure novel, here is Johanson’s lively account of the extraordinary discovery of “Lucy.”

By expounding the controversial change Lucy makes in our view of human origins, Johanson provides a vivid, behind-the-scenes account of the history of paleoanthropology and the colorful, eccentric characters who were and are a part of it. Never before have the mystery and intricacy of our origins been so clearly and compellingly explained as in this astonishing and dramatic book.

Critics Review

  • “One of the most compelling scientific investigations ever undertaken.”

    New York Times Book Review

  • “A riveting real-life saga of scientific detection.”

    Cosmopolitan

  • “Johanson is doing for the earth what Carl Sagan has done for the Cosmos.

    Cleveland Plain Dealer

  • “A glorious success…The science manages to be as exciting and spellbinding as the juiciest gossip.”

    San Francisco Chronicle

  • “There is a youthful vitality in Johanson’s story, a combination of romantic fervor, gee whiz, inexperience, adventure, even danger.”

    Kirkus Reviews

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