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ETHIOPIA's rich heritage: Lucy's birthplace is globally significant

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« on: October 04, 2008, 09:08:12 am »


             

             Faces of angels from the Debre Birhan Selassie Church in Ethiopia
             watch over visitors to the "Lucy's Legacy" exhibit.









                      'Lucy's Legacy' holds treasures for all ages at the Pacific Science Center






By DOREE ARMSTRONG
SPECIAL TO THE P-I

For such a little girl, she sure has had an enormous impact on the world.

The 1974 discovery of 3 1/2-foot-tall Lucy, the oldest and most complete adult fossil of an erect-walking human ancestor, set the scientific world on its ear. And she's still making us think hard about our place in the world.

Much has already been written about the 3-million-year-old hominid's scientific significance that only adults or older children would understand. But the groundbreaking new exhibit at the Pacific Science Center, "Lucy's Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia," does offer lessons for littler ones. The exhibit will appeal mostly to second grade and up, but younger ones can find interesting parts as well.

While toddlers probably will be bored by the first part of the exhibit, which showcases ancient artifacts such as religious crosses and leather and parchment Korans, enter the interactive area in Room 6 and you'll likely catch their attention. There are buttons to push to activate lights, plastic bones to create a Lucy-size skeleton, and real bones and fossils to touch.
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