Lucy Makes Last Stop in California, Then Off to EthiopiaThe famous fossil Lucy returned home to Ethiopia on Wednesday May 1st, 2013 after a six-year tour in the United States. (Photo: Tadias file)Tadias MagazineBy Tadias StaffSaturday, February 16th, 2013Los Angeles (TADIAS) – The famous Ethiopian fossil Lucy (Dinkenesh) will soon end her controversial six-year tour of the United States, making her last public stop at The Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California where she is on display through April 28th before heading back to Ethiopia later this Spring. However, media reports at the time estimated that attendance in Seattle was less than half of what was projected. The fossilized remains were discovered by American paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson in 1974 in the Afar region of Ethiopia. According to Johanson, an official at the Ministry of Culture, Bekele Negussie, gave Lucy her Ethiopian name Dinkenesh shortly after the landmark discovery.