Lucy 50—Media Resources
Lucy 50th Anniversary Media Resources
This webpage is a resource for media to download images and videos and link to existing news releases and advisories.
Please use these resources with attribution. In each of the Dropbox folders, there is a word file with image captions to help identify people and places along with the image credits for the image section and the video section. Please download or copy the image to your own dropbox—do not remove it from the existing Dropbox.
IMAGES AND VIDEO ARE FOR NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY BY MEDIA OUTLETS.
For questions or assistance in setting up interviews, please contact Julie Russ at jruss@asu.edu or 480.338.1733 (mobile number).
To contact Donald Johanson directly, email johanson.iho@asu.edu.
To contact Yohannes Haile-Selassie directly, email yhaileselassie@asu.edu.
For the Media
ASU News Releases
'Lucy' and the origins of humans
08.27.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20240827-science-and-technology-lucy-and-origins-humans
The tiny bone that led to a very big discovery
08.27.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20240827-science-and-technology-tiny-bone-led-very-big-discovery-asu-lucy-skeleton-anniversary
50 years later, international experts discuss importance of ‘Lucy’ discovery at ASU symposium
04.15.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20240416-science-and-technology-50-years-later-international-experts-discuss-importance-lucy?{_src}=news-story
‘Lucy’ discovery turns 50: ‘A Year for Human Origins’
01.17.2024|
https://news.asu.edu/20240130-science-and-technology-lucy-discovery-turns-50-year-human-origins?{_src}=news-story
Media Releases and Advisories
Famous 'Lucy' fossil discovery turns 50—Continues to impact human origins science research
Newswise and Media Release
09.24.2024
https://iho.asu.edu/Lucy50newsreleaseSept2024
Renowned scientist Donald Johanson to speak at African paleoanthropology conference celebrating 50th anniversary
Eurekalert
07.240.2024
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1052515
Images and Video—Download from Dropbox (click the image to connect to Dropbox)
Historical Images
Current Images
Recent Video
Johanson Images
Media Coverage—Articles and Features
How the famous Lucy fossil revolutionized the study of human origins
Scientific American
10.15.2024
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fossil-human-ancestor-lucy-remains-pivotal-50-years-after-discovery/
Cowritten by Donald Johanson and Yohannes Haile-Selassie
A subscription is required to read the entire online article
Lucy’s World
Science Magazine (cover)
04.04.2024
https://www.science.org/content/article/was-lucy-mother-us-all-fifty-years-discovery-famed-skeleton-rivals
Lucy at 50
Nautilus
10.8.2024
https://nautil.us/lucy-at-50-990900/
Humanity’s roots are in Ethiopia
Prensa Latina
08.08.2024
https://www.plenglish.com/news/2024/08/08/humanitys-roots-are-in-ethiopia/
All humans can trace their roots back to Ethiopia: Professor Johanson
ENA (Ethiopia)
08.07.2024
https://www.ena.et/web/eng/w/eng_4933410
Lucy discovery benchmark, reference for human origins research: Professor Donald Johanson
ENA (Ethiopia)
07.29.2024
https://www.ena.et/web/eng/w/eng_4875838
Lucy, discovered 50 years ago in Ethiopia, stood just 3.5 feet tall—but she still towers over our understanding of human origins
The Conversation
06.27.2024
https://theconversation.com/lucy-discovered-50-years-ago-in-ethiopia-stood-just-3-5-feet-tall-but-she-still-towers-over-our-understanding-of-human-origins-227866
Fifty years of Lucy, the marvellous ancestor
The Wire (Ethiopia)
06.20.2024
https://thewire.in/the-sciences/fifty-years-of-lucy-the-marvellous-ancestor
Paleoanthropologist Don Johanson: ‘We all need to embrace this gift of being born
05.2024
https://www.aarp.org/benefits-discounts/members-only-access/info-2024/donald-johanson-lucy-fossil-interview.html (access by members only)
What we can learn from Lucy, the world’s most famous fossil
Der Standard (Austria)
04.14.2024
https://www.derstandard.at/consent/tcf/story/3000000214988/was-wir-von-lucy-dem-beruehmtesten-fossil-der-welt-lernen-koennen
Lucy, a new portrait fifty years after its discovery
Scientific American-Italian version
04.09.2024
https://www.lescienze.it/news/2024/04/09/news/lucy_50_anni_scoperta-15589238/
The 50th anniversary of excavation of Lucy will be marked
ENA
02.15.2024
https://www.ena.et/web/eng/w/eng_4017621
Samara University recognized the great Professor Donald C Johanson
Samara University website
01.28.2024
https://su.edu.et/samara-university-recognized-the-great-professor-donald-c-johanson/
Lucy discoverer Johanson, Arizona State University team in Afar region
ENA
01.24.2024
https://www.ena.et/web/eng/w/eng_3916602
Media Coverage—Multimedia Videos, Interviews, and Talks
Donald Johanson: Unearthing Lucy changed my life and the world
New Scientist
08.01.2024
https://www.newscientist.com/video/2442331-donald-johanson-unearthing-lucy-changed-my-life-and-the-world/
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvp2nMN0mKE
CARTA: Before Lucy: The state of knowledge on human origins
University of California TV
06.30.2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qAsK_daG2U
After 50 years, Lucy faces rivals with other human ancestors
Science Magazine
05.30.2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBeVtMNNdJ0
Lucy, the fossil, 50 years later: Interview with Donald Johanson
Arizona PBS—Arizona Horizon
04.23.2024
https://azpbs.org/horizon/2024/04/lucy-the-fossil/
2024 Lund Symposium
Next Breath
April 18–19, 2024
https://www.nextbreath.global/molecularfrontierssymposiumlund2024
On Human Origins and the Future of Humanity (Johanson Lecture)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO-DoWrtlyU
Researcher who found ‘Lucy’ skeleton works at ASU now, and wants us to focus on future
KJZZ/The Show
04.04.2024
https://kjzz.org/content/1875996/researcher-who-found-lucy-skeleton-50-years-ago-works-asu-now-and-wants-us-focus