Why was the 3 million year old female hominid skeleton found in Ethiopia called "Lucy"?
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wickedwillie
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When its discoverers were celebrating that night, the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" was played repeatedly--at the end of the night, they just knew it was her name, and it stuck. I've seen several references to this story but here's the one I found just now when I was checking my facts: http://www.asu.edu/clas/iho/lucy.html
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Because she was married to Desi??? ;)
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