Although the remains of much older hominids were later found, Lucy unearthed in the Somalian Hadar desert in 1974, was believed to be the new Eve. Taking an elective class in human evolution at Harvard in 2013, I remember holding a replica of Lucy's tiny skull. Rather than a ferocious and mighty predator, she was a frail being emerging in a colorful and dangerous world. Lucy is my middle name and it was the 70s.