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Yves Coppens, paleontologist who discovered 3.2 million-year-old 'Lucy' skeleton, dead at age 87
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFrench paleontologist Yves Coppens, who died at 87 years old, at his home in Paris, on December 2,...
NASA’s Lucy mission went to visit an asteroid and got more than it bargained for
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NASA spacecraft Lucy says hello to 'Dinky' asteroid on far-flying mission
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoyeah! caption is A size comparison of Dinkinesh (shown in blue) and other main asteroid belt objects...
Fossils in the Cradle of Humankind site reignite debate over origins of humans
NBC Universal via AOL· 2 years agoFossils of early human ancestors found in a South African cave system may be 1 million years older...
NASA's Lucy asteroid-hopping probe captures 1st snapshot of space rock 'Dinky' (photo)
Space via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAn animation showing two black and white images side-by-side. The right image has a yellow circle...
Lucy's first closeup of asteroid Dinkinesh reveals it has a small moon!
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 7 months ago"We knew this was going to be the smallest main belt asteroid ever seen up close. The fact that it...
‘Exceptional’ 315-million-year-old fossil sponge found in Irish cliffs
Press Association News via AOL· 5 months agoA new species of fossil sponge dating back hundreds of millions of years has been discovered off the...
First NASA images from Lucy's flyby reveal that 'Dinky' is not alone
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThis image shows the “moonrise” of the satellite as it emerges from behind asteroid Dinkinesh as...
Meet Dinkinesh: Asteroid targeted by NASA's Lucy spacecraft gets a marvelous name
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA size comparison of Dinkinesh (shown in blue) and other main asteroid belt objects Bennu and (2867)...
Ancient fossils in the 'Cradle of Humankind' are more than 1 million years older than previously...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Sterkfontein Caves contain more remains from Australopithecus than anywhere else on Earth....