{"id":18636,"date":"2023-05-12T07:52:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T05:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/?page_id=18636"},"modified":"2024-11-26T07:28:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T06:28:19","slug":"focus-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/en\/actualites\/archives\/focus-3\/","title":{"rendered":"FOCUS LUCY by Michel Decobert"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"18636\" class=\"elementor elementor-18636\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c402838 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"6c402838\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LUCY, TROIS MILLIONS D\u2019ANN\u00c9ES PLUS TARD...<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e94c96b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e94c96b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2bff8c2d\" data-id=\"2bff8c2d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbf8ed5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cbf8ed5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Codirigeants de l\u2019International Afar Research Expedition (<\/em><em>IARE<\/em><em>) en \u00c9thiopie, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maurice_Taieb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Maurice Taieb<\/em><\/a><em> (g\u00e9ologue fran\u00e7ais <\/em><em>Directeur de recherche CNRS au CEREGE)<\/em><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Johanson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Donald Johanson<\/em><\/a> <em>(<\/em><em>pal\u00e9ontologue et pal\u00e9oanthropologue<\/em><em> am\u00e9ricain) <\/em><em>et <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yves_Coppens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Yves Coppens<\/em><\/a><em> (<\/em><em>pal\u00e9ontologue et pal\u00e9oanthropologue<\/em><em> fran\u00e7ais)<\/em><em>, <\/em><strong><em>d\u00e9couvrent<\/em><\/strong><em> <strong>le 24\u00a0novembre 1974,<\/strong> un australopith\u00e8que de trois millions d\u2019ann\u00e9es qu\u2019ils nomment Lucy. Michel Decobert, ing\u00e9nieur CNRS <strong>charg\u00e9<\/strong> <strong>de la<\/strong> Cartographie, alors membre du <\/em><em>projet regroupant une trentaine de chercheurs am\u00e9ricains, fran\u00e7ais et <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89thiopie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u00e9thiopiens<\/em><\/a><em> et auteur de <\/em><em>Lucy : une aventure scientifique<\/em>, raconte cette fabuleuse d\u00e9couverte.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48a9d520 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48a9d520\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MaquetteLucyHarmattan-copier-1-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"231\" \/>La D\u00e9couverte<\/strong><\/p><p>Le dimanche 24 novembre 1974 aux alentours de midi, dans la vall\u00e9e fossilif\u00e8re de l&#8217;Awash, Tom Gray, doctorant, et Donald Johanson pal\u00e9oanthropologue, poussent des cris de joie qui attirent Maurice Taieb et quelques coll\u00e8gues. Des \u00e9l\u00e9ments fossiles sont \u00e9parpill\u00e9s sur le sable gr\u00e9sifi\u00e9 d\u2019un pan de colline. Le premier fragment, l&#8217;avant-bras d\u2019un australopith\u00e8que femelle, est pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 \u00e0 Tom Gray par Dato, l\u2019ancien guide Afar de Mauric<\/p><p>Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 un cadre stratigraphique g\u00e9ologique bien dat\u00e9, les chercheurs \u00e9valuent d\u00e9j\u00e0 un \u00e2ge de 2,8 millions d\u2019ann\u00e9es. Le site est not\u00e9 AL288-1<a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Le soir, chacun trinque joyeusement en prenant peu \u00e0 peu conscience de la port\u00e9e de la d\u00e9couverte. Un magn\u00e9tophone \u00e0 cassettes diffuse une chanson des Beatles, <em>Lucy in the sky with diamonds <\/em>et Pam Alderman lance au hasard\u00a0:<\/p><p><strong><em>&#8220;Si vous pensez vraiment que c\u2019est une femelle, pourquoi ne pas l\u2019appeler Lucy ?&#8221;<\/em> <\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Ce pr\u00e9nom sera finalement adopt\u00e9 comme une \u00e9vidence. En quelques jours de fouille, ce sont 52 pi\u00e8ces qui sont r\u00e9colt\u00e9es permettant d\u2019obtenir 40\u00a0% du squelette d\u2019un australopith\u00e8que femelle dont la taille est estim\u00e9e \u00e0 1,10\u00a0m pour un poids d&#8217;environ 25\u00a0kg. Maurice Taieb, Donald Johanson et Yves Coppens qui dirigent l\u2019<em>International Afar Research Expedition<\/em> (IARE), annoncent \u00e0 la presse internationale la d\u00e9couverte d\u2019un australopith\u00e8que de trois millions d\u2019ann\u00e9es. Les \u00c9thiopiens la nommeront <em>Dinknesh,<\/em> qui peut \u00eatre traduit par \u00ab Tu es merveilleuse \u00bb, gardant ainsi son origine locale. En 1978 une esp\u00e8ce nouvelle du genre <em>Australopithecus : A.\u00a0Afarensis <\/em>est d\u00e9termin\u00e9e par Donald Johanson et collaborateurs<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/accueil-cerege\/focus-copy\/?elementor-preview=18636&amp;ver=1684324081#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a>. Aujourd\u2019hui, l\u2019\u00e2ge de Lucy est pr\u00e9cis\u00e9 \u00e0 3,18 millions d\u2019ann\u00e9es.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Une aventure scientifique pluridisciplinaire<\/strong><\/p><p>Novembre 1975. \u00c0 bord d\u2019un Cessna bimoteur, je contemple les montagnes verdoyantes du plateau \u00e9thiopien<a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> qui s\u2019\u00e9tendent vers le Nord au-del\u00e0 de l\u2019\u00c9rythr\u00e9e pour dispara\u00eetre en mer Rouge. Vers l\u2019Est, le plateau somalien s\u2019ouvre sur une vall\u00e9e d\u00e9sertique tectonique de 300\u00a0km de large qui s\u2019enfonce vers la Somalie. Au centre, la rivi\u00e8re Awash serpente sur 1200\u00a0km comme un ruban d\u2019argent traversant le site des prospections scientifiques de Hadar, \u00e0 deux heures de vol au Nord d\u2019Addis-Abeba. Dans cette r\u00e9gion, des combats opposent les Issas aux Afars et mon pilote a h\u00e2te de repartir vers les siens.<\/p><p>Sur le plateau d\u2019Harar, un espace d\u00e9gag\u00e9 des roches permet l\u2019atterrissage et les consignes de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 imposent qu\u2019une voiture soit en bout de piste. Mais aucun v\u00e9hicule n\u2019est visible ! Puis, au sol, un tourbillon de poussi\u00e8re\u00a0; c\u2019est une Land Rover qui roule \u00e0 toute allure et se positionne. C\u2019est celle de Maurice Taieb. L\u2019avion atterrit et effectue un demi-tour pr\u00eat au d\u00e9collage moteur tournant. Les bagages, le mat\u00e9riel et le courrier transf\u00e9r\u00e9s, l\u2019avion n\u2019est d\u00e9j\u00e0 plus qu\u2019un point noir dans le ciel. Au loin et en contrebas, la for\u00eat riveraine de l\u2019Awash contraste dans cette immensit\u00e9 d\u00e9sertique. Apr\u00e8s une descente chaotique de l\u2019escarpement \u00e0 la limite de la r\u00e9sistance d\u2019une Land Rover, je vais apporter mon aide \u00e0 Pierre Planques, ing\u00e9nieur IGN, pour la r\u00e9alisation d\u2019une cartographie de 60\u00a0km\u00b2 en vue de l\u2019\u00e9tablissement d\u2019une carte g\u00e9ologique.<\/p><p>Ponctuellement, j\u2019effectue aussi des levers topographiques de nouveaux sites d\u00e9couverts. Les topographes arpentent les plus hauts sommets tandis que les pal\u00e9ontologues d\u00e9gagent des fragments fossiles. L\u00e0, d\u2019australopith\u00e8ques, ici, d\u2019une t\u00eate d\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant, mais aussi ceux de crocodiles ou de rongeurs. Des g\u00e9ologues, marteaux \u00e0 la main, observent et notent les diverses strates. Ayant \u00e9tudi\u00e9 succinctement le d\u00e9bitage des industries lithiques, je rep\u00e8re des outils taill\u00e9s dans l\u2019oued Kada Gona. Dat\u00e9s en 1977<a href=\"#_ftn2\">[3]<\/a> de 2,6 millions d\u2019ann\u00e9es, ils se r\u00e9v\u00e9leront \u00eatre les plus anciens connus \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque.<\/p><p>Durant cette campagne de terrain, une autre d\u00e9couverte enthousiasme les scientifiques. Quatorze fragments de squelettes, dont ceux de quatre jeunes individus contemporains de Lucy, viennent d\u2019\u00eatre mis \u00e0 jour\u00a0! La fouille not\u00e9e AL333 est situ\u00e9e \u00e0 mi-hauteur d\u2019un escarpement d\u2019acc\u00e8s difficile. C\u2019est la premi\u00e8re d\u00e9couverte d\u2019un groupe d\u2019hominid\u00e9s organis\u00e9s. Elle est majeure pour la pal\u00e9ontologie et aurait certainement \u00ab\u00a0eu la vedette\u00a0\u00bb si Lucy n\u2019avait pas exist\u00e9. Les fouilles se terminent en janvier 1977 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/accueil-cerege\/focus-copy\/?elementor-preview=18636&amp;ver=1684324081#_ftn2\">[4]<\/a> avec 256 sites \u00e9tudi\u00e9s. Elles sont stopp\u00e9es par une guerre qui durera quinze ans. La reprise de l\u2019exploration et l\u2019extension des fouilles pal\u00e9ontologiques par d\u2019autres \u00e9quipes internationales permettront d\u2019atteindre un total de 427 fossiles d\u2019hominid\u00e9s dans la vall\u00e9e de l&#8217;Awash\u00a0!\u00a0<\/p><p>Illustration \u00a0\u00a9 \u00c9ditions I&#8217;Harmattan, 2021<\/p><p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/accueil-cerege\/focus-copy\/?elementor-preview=18636&amp;ver=1684324081#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 AL pour Afar Locality.<\/i><\/p><p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/accueil-cerege\/focus-copy\/?elementor-preview=18636&amp;ver=1684324081#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Johanson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D. C.\u00a0Johanson<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timothy_White\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">T. D.\u00a0White<\/a>\u00a0et\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yves_Coppens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Y.\u00a0Coppens<\/a>,\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0A new species of the genus\u00a0Australopithecus\u00a0(Primates: Hominidae) from the Pliocene of eastern Africa\u00a0\u00bb,\u00a0Kirtlandia,\u00a0vol.\u00a028,\u200e\u00a01978,\u00a0p.\u00a01\u201314.<\/i><\/p><p><i><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[3]<\/a> Decobert M., Lucy : une aventure scientifique, Paris, L&#8217;Harmattan, 2021. Pr\u00e9face r\u00e9dig\u00e9e par Maurice Taieb, inventeur du site de Hadar.<\/i><\/p><p><i><a href=\"#_ftnref2\">[4]<\/a> Roche H. &amp; Tiercelin J.-J. (1977). D\u00e9couverte d&#8217;une industrie lithique ancienne in situ dans la formation d&#8217;Hadar, Afar central, \u00c9thiopie. 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\/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h4 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/fr\/archives\/focus\/\">Un mois sur le terrain avec Julie Losen, doctorante<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-281ed81\" data-id=\"281ed81\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-924d494 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"924d494\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18683 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/michel-decobert-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/michel-decobert-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/michel-decobert-824x1024.jpg 824w, https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/michel-decobert-768x955.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/michel-decobert-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/michel-decobert.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/><\/p><p><em>Michel Decobert, Ing\u00e9nieur retrait\u00e9 du CNRS, cartographe\/ topographe. au CEREGE de 1995 \u00e0 2020. <br \/><br \/>Conjointement il a cr\u00e9\u00e9 un service de carottage s\u00e9dimentaire et de logistique au b\u00e9n\u00e9fice de la communaut\u00e9 des Sciences de la Terre et de l\u2019Environnement. Il a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 diverses campagnes de carottage en mer \u00e0 bord du Marion Dufresne. En 2009 il re\u00e7oit le prix de la coop\u00e9ration scientifique au 8<sup>\u00e8me<\/sup> Festival des Sciences et Technologies de la r\u00e9gion PACA.<\/em><\/p><p><strong>Au CEREGE en tant que:<\/strong><em><br \/>. Responsable du service de cartographique et infographie.<br \/>. Responsable et fondateur du SETEL (Service, Etude, Terrain,<br \/>Equipement, Logistique).<br \/>. Responsable de l&#8217;atelier.<br \/>. Responsable des campagnes de carottage dans le cadre du SETEL.<br \/>. Responsable Hygi\u00e8ne et S\u00e9curit\u00e9 du laboratoire.<br \/>. Membre de la commission du personnel.<br \/>. Consultant <br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc20911 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"cc20911\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/es38F-3Qiw8&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68622d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"68622d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Coppens_Taieb_Johanson_ColloqueLucy2006-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20034\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Coppens_Taieb_Johanson_ColloqueLucy2006-1.png 482w, https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Coppens_Taieb_Johanson_ColloqueLucy2006-1-300x246.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Coppens_Taieb_Johanson_ColloqueLucy2006-1-15x12.png 15w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Les 3 d\u00e9couvreurs lors du colloque LUCY, 30 ans plus tard, 2006<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fce94a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8fce94a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18695 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Maurice_Taieb_Mai2020-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Maurice_Taieb_Mai2020-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Maurice_Taieb_Mai2020-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Maurice_Taieb_Mai2020-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Maurice_Taieb_Mai2020-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Maurice_Taieb_Mai2020.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><em>Maurice Taieb, \u00e0 son d\u00e9part du CEREGE. N\u00e9 le 22 juillet 1935 \u00e0 Bizerte et mort le 23 juillet 2021 \u00e0 Marseille<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-877626d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"877626d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/maurice_don-j_brunet-e6898-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-18709\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/maurice_don-j_brunet-e6898-1.png 709w, https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/maurice_don-j_brunet-e6898-1-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/maurice_don-j_brunet-e6898-1-15x12.png 15w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdf8cc8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bdf8cc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-404ba81 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"404ba81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 5\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Decobert_Lucy-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"Decobert_Lucy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 5\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/images.jpg\" alt=\"images\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 5\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IL-ETAIT-UNE-FOIS-LUCY-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"IL ETAIT UNE FOIS LUCY\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 5\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Sur-les-pas-de-lucy.jpg\" alt=\"Sur les pas de lucy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"5 of 5\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Affiche_CongresLucy_2006-1-260x300.jpg\" alt=\"Affiche_CongresLucy_2006\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c59df4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c59df4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Ouvrages<\/strong><\/p><p>. Maurice Taieb (avec la collaboration de Daniel Pauchet), <strong><em>Sur la terre des premiers hommes<\/em><\/strong>, Paris, R. Laffont, coll. \u00ab V\u00e9cu \u00bb, 1985, 329 p.<\/p><p><strong>. <\/strong>Raymonde Bonnefille, <em><strong>Sur les pas de Lucy <\/strong><\/em>, Odile Jacob, Pr\u00e9face Y. Coppens<\/p><p>. Michel Decobert, <strong><em>Lucy : une aventure scientifique<\/em><\/strong>, Paris, L&#8217;Harmattan, 2021. Pr\u00e9face de Maurice Taieb, inventeur du site de Hadar.<\/p><p>. Maurice Ta\u00efeb, Doris Barbonni, C\u00e9cile Gambini: <em><strong>Il \u00e9tait une fois Lucy, <\/strong><\/em>\u00e9ditions Odile Jacob, mai 2022, pr\u00e9face d&#8217;Yves Coppens.<\/p><p>. IRD Le Mag, <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lemag.ird.fr\/fr\/le-paradis-perdu-de-lancetre-de-lucy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Le paradis perdu de l&#8217;anc\u00eatre de Lucy<\/a>, <\/strong><\/em><strong>2019<\/strong><\/p><p><b>Publications<\/b><\/p><p>. Donald Johanson et <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maurice_Taieb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maurice Taieb<\/a> (1976), <em>\u00ab\u00a0Plio-Pleistocene hominid discoveries in Hadar, Ethiopia\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>, Nature, vol. 260, p.\u00a0293-297, <a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/260293a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[1]<\/a>\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1038%2F260293a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">archive<\/a>]<\/p><p>. Donald Johanson, <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timothy_White\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Timothy White<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yves_Coppens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yves Coppens<\/a> (1978), <em>\u00ab\u00a0A new species of the genus Australopithecus (Primates\u00a0: Hominidae) from the Pliocene of Eastern Africa\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>, Kirtlandia, n<sup>o<\/sup>\u00a028, p.\u00a01-14<\/p><p>. Donald Johanson et Maitland Edey, <em>Lucy\u00a0: une jeune femme de 3 500 000 ans<\/em>, traduit de l&#8217;am\u00e9ricain (Lucy, the beginnings of humankind), Paris, Robert Laffont, 1981 (<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Standard_Book_Number\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ISBN<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sp%C3%A9cial:Ouvrages_de_r%C3%A9f%C3%A9rence\/2-221-01200-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2-221-01200-3<\/a>)<\/p><p>. Donald Johanson et James Shreeve (trad.\u00a0Bernard Seytre), La fille de Lucy [\u00ab\u00a0Lucy&#8217;s child\u00a0\u00bb], Paris, Robert Laffont, 1990, 346\u00a0p. (<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Standard_Book_Number\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ISBN<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sp%C3%A9cial:Ouvrages_de_r%C3%A9f%C3%A9rence\/978-2-221-06751-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">978-2-221-06751-2<\/a>)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LUCY, TROIS MILLIONS D\u2019ANN\u00c9ES PLUS TARD&#8230; Codirigeants de l\u2019International Afar Research Expedition (IARE) en \u00c9thiopie, Maurice Taieb (g\u00e9ologue fran\u00e7ais Directeur de recherche CNRS au CEREGE), Donald Johanson (pal\u00e9ontologue et pal\u00e9oanthropologue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":551,"featured_media":18639,"parent":2009,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18636","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-16 07:52:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/551"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18636"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20198,"href":"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18636\/revisions\/20198"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}