1974 ⟶ Discovery of Australopithecus afarensis Fossil "Lucy"
November 24: Discovery of "Lucy" (Australopithecus afarensis...
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🦴 Neanderthal Fossils Identified
Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.⟶
PaleontologyAnthropologyHuman EvolutionFossil Discovery19th Century ScienceScientific Revolution
Germany🧕 Cro-Magnon Human Remains Discovered
Cro-Magnon man first identified.⟶
PaleontologyAnthropologyHuman EvolutionArchaeologyFossil Discovery
France🇹🇿 Zanzibar Revolution and Tanzanian Union
January 12: Zanzibar Revolution overthrows Afro Shiraz ruling class; Zanzibar merges with Tanganyika to form Tanzania.⟶
DecolonizationRevolutionPan-AfricanismPolitical InstabilityPost-colonial Africa
Tanzania🧫 Discovery of Australopithecus afarensis Fossil "Lucy"
November 24: Discovery of "Lucy" (Australopithecus afarensis) in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge.⟶
PaleontologyAnthropologyHuman EvolutionFossil Discovery
Tanzania🧫 Homo naledi Fossil Discovery
Homo naledi, a species of early human, is discovered in Africa.⟶
PaleontologyAnthropologyHuman EvolutionFossil Discovery
South Africa