WASHINGTON (AP) - A fossil tour doesn't have to mean an aging rock band's reunion concerts.
The State Department gave final approval Wednesday for one of the world's most famous fossils - the 3.2-million-year-old Lucy skeleton unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974 - to tour the U.S. on exhibit for the first time.
The Smithsonian has objected to the idea, however, because museum experts don't think the fragile remains should travel. So Lucy won't be stopping at the National Museum of Natural History, but in other U.S. museums instead....