After careful analysis of the findings of Lucy, the 3.5 million year old hominid found in Ethiopia by Donald Johanson, the only challenge left was to give the specimen a name. However, this proved to be a difficult feat, as the anthropological and scientific community does not easily add new members to the evolutionary human chain, nor name new species, without meticulous fieldwork, collecting, sorting, measuring, and comparing of finds. In this chapter, the author cautiously compares and contrasts his findings with the current known hominids. He concludes with reflections on his memory of the original paper he co-authored with Maitland Edey, and the benefit of working as a team to make great conclusions.
