CNN: Skeleton sheds light on ape-man species

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http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/09/20/human.ancestor.ap/index.html

Excerpt:
Scientists have discovered a remarkably complete skeleton of a 3-year-old female from the ape-man species represented by "Lucy."

The discovery should fuel a contentious debate about whether this species, which walked upright, also climbed and moved through trees easily like an ape.

The remains are 3.3 million years old, making them the oldest known skeleton of such a youthful human ancestor.

"It's pretty unbelievable" to find such a complete fossil from that long ago, said scientist Fred Spoor. "It's a once-in-a-lifetime find."

Spoor, professor of evolutionary anatomy at University College London, describes the fossil in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature with Zeresenay Alemseged of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and other scientists.

skiddum · Pit Bull Joined: 25 Jan 2005 Posts: 374 Location: FL

The devil made it to test our faith.

admin · Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:29 pm Post subject:

They keep finding more gaps - what has creationism discovered in the last hundred years? Just to rename it ID?

Sekhmet · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:30 am Post subject: