President Obama got to meet a very distinguished ancestor of his during his African tour — indeed, she’s a renowned ancestor to all of us.

Watch as Obama touches the fossil of “Lucy” — the 3.2-million-year-old hominid ancestor of modern humans — and gets a good laugh when even the Ethiopian scientist guiding him along then works in a joke about Donald Trump.

Video viaThe Telegraph.

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