Where are Lucy's bones kept?

National Museum of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

Lucy Fossil Quiz: Australopithecus afarensis From Ethiopia

This lucy fossil quiz kneels in the dusty gullies of Hadar. Play 10 interactive questions on Donald Johanson and Tom Gray's 1974 discovery, about 40 percent of a skeleton, an age of about 3.2 million years, the species Australopithecus afarensis, evidence for walking upright, a name from a Beatles song, the Ethiopian name Dinkinesh and her museum in Addis Ababa.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Where
Where was Lucy found?
When
When was Lucy discovered?
Who
Who led the discovery?
Age
About how old is Lucy?
Species
Which species was Lucy?
Amount
About how much of her skeleton was found?
Walk
What did Lucy's bones show about movement?
Song
Which song inspired the name Lucy?
Name
What is Lucy called in Ethiopia?
Museum
Where are Lucy's bones kept?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Where was Lucy found?
Answer: Hadar, Ethiopia
In the Afar region.
Q2: When was Lucy discovered?
Answer: 1974
In November.
Q3: Who led the discovery?
Answer: Donald Johanson
With Tom Gray.
Q4: About how old is Lucy?
Answer: 3.2 million years
Very ancient.
Q5: Which species was Lucy?
Answer: Australopithecus afarensis
An early hominin.
Q6: About how much of her skeleton was found?
Answer: About 40 percent
Remarkably complete for its age.
Q7: What did Lucy's bones show about movement?
Answer: She walked upright
Pelvis and knee clues.
Q8: Which song inspired the name Lucy?
Answer: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
By the Beatles.
Q9: What is Lucy called in Ethiopia?
Answer: Dinkinesh
Meaning you are marvelous.
Q10: Where are Lucy's bones kept?
Answer: National Museum of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Casts tour the world.

An Ancestor From Hadar

In November 1974 Donald Johanson and Tom Gray were searching the gullies of Hadar in Ethiopia's Afar region when they spotted an arm bone. They went on to recover about 40 percent of a skeleton, remarkably complete for something about 3.2 million years old.

The skeleton belonged to Australopithecus afarensis, an early hominin species. Clues in her pelvis and knee showed she walked upright, though she also had long arms suited to climbing. She was small, a little over a meter tall.

That night the team played the Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, giving her a name. In Ethiopia she is called Dinkinesh, meaning you are marvelous. Her bones are kept at the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa.

What This Quiz Teaches

Science fans will enjoy these questions.

Where Lucy was found
How old she is
Which species she was
How she moved
How she got her name

Did You Know?

Lucy may have died from a fall.
Older hominin fossils have since been found.
She toured US museums for years.
Casts are displayed worldwide.
Her species lived for about a million years.