Lucy and Selam come to Europe: 3.3 million-year-old hominin fossils to go on display at National Museum

Name: Lucy and Selam come to Europe: 3.3 million-year-old hominin fossils to go on display at National Museum
Uploaded: 2025-08-22T13:40:05+00:00
Channel: Martin Hladík
Description: On Friday 15th, the precious fossils of Lucy and Selam, 3.2 and 3.3 million years old respectively, landed at Prague Airport under strict security measures. They will be on display at the National Museum in Prague for two months, their first trip from Ethiopia to Europe. Some of us wait a long time before visiting

Photo: National Museum

On Friday 15th, the precious fossils of Lucy and Selam, 3.2 and 3.3 million years old respectively, landed at Prague Airport under strict security measures. They will be on display at the National Museum in Prague for two months, their first trip from Ethiopia to Europe.

Some of us wait a long time before visiting Prague for the first time, but 3 million years is surely an unbeatable record.

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Author: Danny Bate