Overview

• Discoverer Donald Johanson attended the opening and highlighted Lucy’s enduring evidence for shared African ancestry.
• Johanson used the event to warn about environmental risks, saying humans act more like “homo egozentrikus” than wise.
• The exhibition pairs Lucy with the well-preserved child skeleton ‘Selam,’ which is estimated to be about 150,000 years older.
• Visitors can view facial reconstructions and other rare finds, and the museum advises booking time slots due to expected crowds.
• Coverage reports that Czech prime minister Petr Fiala was among those present at the opening.