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Old 11-30-2007, 06:21 AM   # 1 Quick Link (permalink)
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This Day In History: Skeleton of "Lucy" Discovered

"Lucy," a 3.2 million-year-old female hominid of the species Australopithecus afarensis, was discovered by scientists in Ethiopia's Afar Depression. An unprecedented 40% intact, Lucy was the first fossil hominid to really capture public notice. Although she was 3 feet, 8 inches tall and looked somewhat like a Chimpanzee, her bipedal knee structure indicates that she walked upright, like a human. What other human skeletal features did she possess?


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Aw heck, I thought it was going to be this Looo-cey....



I wanted to see her skeletal remains....
 

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Ole LUCY finally got her dues when she pulled that football from Charlie Brown for the last time! Don't mess with Chucky.
 

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Hey skunky if you want to see her that bad , get a shovel and go down to the grave yard and dig, boy dig
 

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Re: This Day In History: Skeleton of "Lucy" Discovered

"Lucy," a 3.2 million-year-old female hominid of the species Australopithecus afarensis, was discovered by scientists in Ethiopia's Afar Depression. An unprecedented 40% intact, Lucy was the first fossil hominid to really capture public notice. Although she was 3 feet, 8 inches tall and looked somewhat like a Chimpanzee, her bipedal knee structure indicates that she walked upright, like a human. What other human skeletal features did she possess?


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