Discovery of Lucy
1974 · Event
Palaeontologists in Ethiopia unearth the Australopithecus afarensis skeleton 'Lucy', transforming the study of human origins.
On these timelines: Master, Arts and Thoughts, Sub-Saharan Africa
Around 1974
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Birth of hip-hop (1973)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)