Lucy is a 3.5 million years old female skeleton, which is among the important archaeological discoveries that make that make Ethiopia to have the prestigious title of ‘the cradle of mankind’. It is a complete direct hominid fossil discovered in the north – eastern part of Ethiopia at the place called Hadar. Now any tourists in the National museum in Addis Ababa can visit it. So the fact that the most crucial discoveries, including the Lucy’s, have taken places in Ethiopia make the country the most probable site for the cradle of mankind