by Yves Coppens · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782738103345
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«Le genou de Lucy» is the paleoanthropology essay by Yves Coppens, published by Odile Jacob in paperback (250 pages, in French).
The essay traces the slow emergence of the hominid, the origin of bipedalism, the awakening of consciousness and the first stone tools. It also narrates the history of paleoanthropology and the research that led to the discovery of Lucy in Ethiopia, explaining how prehistory helps us understand who we are.
This work bears the subtitle «L'histoire de l'homme et l'histoire de son histoire»; it was originally published in France in 1999 and includes bibliographic references (pages 243-251).
Work aimed at readers interested in human evolution and the history of paleoanthropology.
Yves Coppens was a French anthropologist and co-discoverer of "Lucy". A graduate from the University of Rennes and the Sorbonne, he studied ancient hominids and had multiple published works on this topic, and also produced a film. In October 2014, Coppens was named an Ordinary Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences by Pope Francis.
