Johanson came from modest beginnings. His parents, Carl Torstgen Johanson and Salia Eugenia Johanson, were immigrants from Sweden. His father, a barber, died when Johanson was two years of age. Some time later, mother and son moved to Hartford,...

1943- American Paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson, born June 28, 1943, is an American paleoanthropologist specializing in the study of human evolution. His discovery in 1974 of the fossil skeleton Lucy dramatically changed our understanding of how...

Donald Carl Johanson (born June 28, 1943 in Chicago) is an American paleoanthropologist. Along with Maurice Taieb, Yves Coppens and Tim White, he is well known for the discovery of the skeleton of the female hominid australopithecine known as "Lucy", in...