Lucy's Real Bones to Tour Museums in U.S.

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CHICAGO - As the sun went down Nov. 30, 1974, jubilant young scientists in a lonely desert mountain camp in northeast Ethiopia celebrated around a little pile of bones found earlier in the day. Under the stars they drank beer after beer, talked excitedly, hooted and hollered into the wee hours of the morning.

They named the bones after a Beatles tune played on a tape recorder that night: "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds."

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Lucy's Real Bones to Tour Museums in U.S.

The skeleton named Lucy would become famous, provoking high excitement not only for scientists but also for the public, kindling a continuing fascina...

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