One of my oldest relatives is visiting Houston for the next eight months...
...she's 3.2 million years old, but she doesn't look a day over 3 million.
Yes, Lucy will be wintering in Houston this year, in dignified repose among other artifacts from Ethiopia at the Museum of Natural Science until next April.
Not a plaster cast, not a simulation. The actual, organic skeleton of the most famous Australopithicus afarensis of all time.
I can't believe I have the opportunity to see her in person.... it will be the realization of one of my oldest dreams, one that I've had since I read about her discovery in 1974.
Yes, Lucy will be wintering in Houston this year, in dignified repose among other artifacts from Ethiopia at the Museum of Natural Science until next April.
Not a plaster cast, not a simulation. The actual, organic skeleton of the most famous Australopithicus afarensis of all time.
I can't believe I have the opportunity to see her in person.... it will be the realization of one of my oldest dreams, one that I've had since I read about her discovery in 1974.
Oh *that* Lucy. I thought you were talking about Great Aunt Lucille...
Say "hi" to the old windbag for me. Lucy struck a blow, many years ago, for African-Americans everywhere.
N.B., I got to see a preserved coelecanth (old fish thingy) once at the Scripps Institute in San Diego. I loves seeing that kind a thing with my own eyes. Evidently, if you are lucky, you can still see them on occasion:
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