… to a 3.3-million-year-old child. Anyone even remotely interested in science has heard of Lucy, the female Australopithecus afarensis skeleton discovered in 1974 that was known for two decades as the oldest human ancestor. According to this BBC article, scientists unearthed a younger female version of the same species, believed to be the bones of a 3-year-old. The skeleton was actually discovered in 2000, but it took five years to free her from the block of sandstone she was encased in. Now the incredibly well-preserverd skeleton can be studied, thus cracking open brand-new chapters to our evolutionary past. Science is so unbelievably cool.
Lucy Gives Birth ...
Lucy Gives Birth ...
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