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 Tuesday,
we have been visiting the Museum of Man of Balboa Park, San Diego,
to discover the exhibits dedicated to prehistory and in particular
meet with Lucy.
Here is the result of our inquiry:
 Who
is Lucy ?
Lucy is an Australopithecus. Her
skeleton has been discovered in Ethiopia in 1974, by Donald Johanson.
Lucy lived on Earth some 3.2 million years ago. We know she was
walking upright, like a human because of the particular shape
of her hip and knees. Her skeleton has not been wholly uncovered.
At the Museum of Man of San Diego,
it's not the real skeleton of Lucy that is exhibited, it's a copy.
The real skeleton is in Ethiopia. In the World, there is only
19 copies.
Where does the name Lucy come
from ?
The name of Lucy comes from the
song of the Beatles the inventors were singing the day of the
discovery of the skeleton: “Lucy in the sky with diamonds”.
Our impressions on our visit:
Adrienne et Edward :
What interested me, it's seeing Lucy's bones.
Mathilde :
What interested me at most, are the stone tools made by the native
Americans.
Clément :
I've been very puzzled seeing tools made from actual bones.
Gabriel :
I've loved seeing the cave paintings.
Pierre-Arnaud :
I've been very surprised to see how cleaned the excavated tools
and bones are presented.
 Christian
: It was my first visit
to the Museum of Man, so I liked everything.
Céline :
I've been surprised to learn that native Americans knew how to
make water cans.
Alexandra et Erwan :
I liked to see the stone carved tools and the tools made by native
Americans.
Alexandra G. :
I've been very interested to see the wax models of cave men.
John :
I've been very interested to see the cave paintings. It reminded
me the discovery of the Lascaux cave paintings.
Rémi :
The bows, arrows and stone tools of the native Americans have
fascinated me.
Ricardo et Marco :
I loved to see the cave paintings and the wax models of
Benoît :
It was not my first visit to the Museum of Man, but it was the
first time I saw Lucy !
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