Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins

A great read and a good primer for what has been discovered over the last few years. I just wish that Tim White had published his findings on Ardi before Don wrote this book. I would like to read his take on it. I was in college in the early 70's and I must say that just about every course I ever took could be taught the same way today. Basic Chemistry, Math, English, etc. will never change. However, the course I took... Read Full Review

I was very pleased to read this book. The level of information is extraordinary, very precise and inviting to keep on reading. The book is structured according to the superb experience of the author. It is my opinion that students as well as professionals in the field, will delightfully enjoy this reading. It covers, with awsome details, one of the most important finds in human history. Lucy is an icon in modern anthropology,... Read Full Review

This book was a pleasant surprise. I enjoy reading about the sciences yet I had neglected a topic that has everything to do about me and us, from which all things human flow. This book is both a memoir and an informative update, but more, a reality check as this subject has been so badly misconstrued while rightly turned on its head by amazing new discoveries. Johanson's adventures are a good read and keep things exciting,... Read Full Review

Donald C. Johanson, author of //Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind//, and winner of the American Book Award, was also the founder of the Institute of Human Origins. His first book tells the tale of how in 1974, while walking back to his car along a barren stretch of Ethiopia, he spotted something bone-like in the ground. Lucy, better known as //Australopithecus afarensis//, became a great archaeological find of our times. ... Read Full Review

Once again, Dr. Johanson has written a book for those of us with a passion for human evolution, but not a PhD in it! Lucy's Legacy is an exciting, suspenseful, action-packed adventure that goes behind the scenes... here for the first time we learn what really happens before - and after - an important discovery is made. Some of it isn't pretty! Also includes up-to-date information about all the latest finds, amazing photographs,... Read Full Review