2. IMAGES OF THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY in AFRICA

3. LUCY Australopithecus afarensis Found in 1974 3.2 million years old Named after the Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

5. "Lucy's Baby" -- World's Oldest Child -- Found by Fossil Hunters on September 20, 2006 3.3-million-year-old Found along the Great Rift Valley. Nicknamed "Lucy's baby" because it was found near Lucy. The baby is tens of thousands of years older. The child was probably female and about three years old when she died. The remains include a well preserved skull, milk teeth, tiny fingers, a torso, a foot, and a kneecap no bigger than a dried pea. It has the complete skull, the mandible, and the whole brain case. The most impressive difference between Lucy is that this baby has a face SO WHAT DOES “LUCY’S BABY LOOK LIKE?

6. LUCY’S BABY

7. “One of the most important discoveries for the study of human evolution.“ ARDI was found in 1994 in Ethiopia (GREAT RIFT VALLEY) Findings were not announced until 2009 (15 years later) Ardi lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia. Ardi walked upright. She stood about 47 inches tall and weighed about 110 pounds. Able to climb trees. Biped on the ground, but a quadruped in the trees. Ardipithecus ramidus

9. THE EARLIEST HUMAN ANCESTORS WERE ALL FOUND IN THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY OF AFRICA!!! “THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION”