The Study Of Breaks In Lucy's Bones

Ardipithecus has been discovered, an Ancestor that dates back prior to the remains of Lucy. In the article written by Ann Gibbons and others, it dives into the discovery of our most ancient ancestor and the clues given to us from all 110 remains that have been found of A. ramidus. First let me begin with Lucy whose remains were found in 1974 and that dated back to 3.2 million years ago. These skeletal remains gave us the evidence needed to prove that our ancient ancestors were bipedal before evolving their big brains. After Lucy was discovered the scientist found themselves with even more questions, such as, were any previous ancestors before Lucy bipedal or did

She is considered a principle candidate as one of our ancestors. Another find, even older than Lucy, was a 4.4 million year old female Ardipithecus ramidus, nicknamed Ardi who was found in 1994 (Fossil discovery confirms “Lucy” walked upright). Ida, Lucy and Ardi are all significant links in understanding evolution.

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The Praeneste fibula has been the center of controversy amongst scholars since it’s initial presentation of discovery on January 7, 1887. There have been debates over the authenticity of the inscription ranging from the unique language and grammatical features to undetermined discovery site. The artifact has been estimated to origin from around the 7th century B.C., but there are scholars who argue the artifact is a forgery dating from the 19th century. The inscription uses lettering that resembled early Etruscan and Greek inscription from around 7th century B.C. The Praeneste fibula is an early indication that other Italian languages influence on Latin in a frontier city such as the early Praeneste. In more recent years, scholars have used a new scientific method to perform an in-depth examination of the inscription to determine the origin date. The results have determined that the Praeneste fibula is in fact authentic and dates to 7th century, which is well before the believed forgery was produced.

After reviewing the evidence, I believe that Dr. Donald Johanson is correct in his theory that Lucy is the missing link between ape and man. The anatomy of Lucy supports Johanson’s claim. The knee joint of Lucy had an outward slanting angle away from the knee just like humans. Lucy reconstructed pelvis with its short and curved ilium indicates bipedal human qualities. Unlike the Piltdown man, Lucy stood the test of time, Johanson’s fossils through potassium argon dating was found to be at least 3-million-years-old proving the integrity of Johanson’s find. Similar archeological finds also validate Lucy. The 1976 Laetoli footprints support the theory that there were hominids walking upright during the time of Lucy. In 1924, Raymond discovered the Tuang child in South Africa, it displays similar qualities of Lucy, small brain and bipedal abilities. Additional finds by Robert Broom, Richard Leakey, and many other creditable paleoanthropologists further prove Johanson correct.

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The book identifies “Lucy” as an ancient demonstration of bipedalism and a bowl-shaped pelvis. Her species, Australopithecus afarensis, had both ape-like and human features. The adaptations she exhibited are an example a further branching off of species. Aside from bone structure, I found it logical that early hominids

Australopithecus afarensis, called Lucy (named after the Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (p. 290)); classified as australopiths and “the more primitive than any of the other later australopiths fossils.” A female partial hominid fossils (40% skeletal remains) discovered by Donald Johanson in Hadar, Ethiopia. A. afarensis considered as sexually dimorphic, that is male species are larger than females. Studies show that Lucy lived between 3.7 and 3.5 mya and had a combination features of both ape and human. Apelike features, the face forward-projecting jaw and small brain measured not more than 420 cm- about 1/3 the human brain size; humanlike features, had humanlike teeth, pelvis and leg bones; thus had an ability to walk upright

Lucy is a 3.2 million old ape that was found in 1974. She was the first Australopithecus Afarensis to ever be found. She looked like a mixture of ape and human. She is 3 and a half feet tall, from this they determined that she was a female because afarensis males are a bit larger than the females. The finding of Lucy is very important because it proves that

The ancient relative of humanity dubbed "Lucy" may have been one of a harem of girls that mated with a single male, according to research that suggests her species was polygynous.Among the earliest known relatives of humanity whose skeletons were made for walking upright was Australopithecus afarensis, the species that included Lucy.Members of the Australopithecus lineage, known as australopithecines, are among the leading candidates for direct ancestors of the human lineage, living about 2.9 million to 3.8 million years ago in East Africa.To learn more about Lucy's species, researchers investigated the area of Laetoli in northern Tanzania, which previously showed the earliest known footprints belonging to hominins humans and related species

On November 30th, 1974, a female who is half human and half ape collapsed into an ancient lake approximately three million years ago. Don Johanson who is an Anthropologist, who has been leading fodiscovered her fossilized bones and named her Lucy. Fossil are evidence of ancient life forms or ancient habitats which have been preserved by natural processes He found several bone fragments such as, a jaw bone, a leg, and a bit of skull. About 40 percent of Lucy skeleton was found. Johanson categorized as a early species of hominids: Australopithecus afarensis,This marvelous discovery has questioned all people over the world, if Lucy was the missing link between ape and us. She left a few of clues to her life and origins.

A recent study has revealed how we think Lucy died 3.2 million years ago. We now believe that Lucy fell to her death from a large tree. The studies show

Important skeletal bones such as the femur, skull, jaw, and pelvis showed that Lucy was a transitional species between ape and man. (Johanson, 1981)

Lucy’s nose is very cool because she can smell ten times better than us so what my brother and I do with her to keep Lucy’s nose, fresh as my dad says is we run around the yard and hide one at a time. My dad picked a spot in the yard like I have hidden under a wheelbarrow, up a tree, under a trailer, in between trees and every time I heard she finds me. My dad told me the reason that she rubs her ears on the ground is so she can the scent of what she's looking for in this case us she use the aroma on her ears and smell what she is looking for. When she finds us she gets a treat. Sometimes we put a treat in our pocket so it’s easier to find us and also to warm her up to find us later it gives her motivation.

That theory is proven wrong, thanks to a recent discovery of a 4.4 million year old fossil. Ardi, an Ardipithecus ramidus, was a human-like ancestor before Lucy 's time. According to her fossils, Ardi was bipedal because she had feet both great for grasping and walking. Her knuckles or wrist showed no signs of her walking on four. The upper part of her pelvis, in which the hip bone is short and broad, is similar to a human 's, but the lower part is longer than a human 's, which was more useful for climbing. According to that fact, we know that Ardi was a biped and a tree-climber. Because her