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Posted On: 08/28/2019 8:40:21 PM
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New fossil reveals face of 'Lucy' ancestor who lived almost 4 million years ago
No fossil named Rickey has been found as yet, so some splainin' yet to do.
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/new-foss...cna1047431
A fossil from Ethiopia is letting scientists look millions of years into our evolutionary history — and they see a face peering back.
The find, from 3.8 million years ago, reveals the face for a presumed ancestor of the species famously represented by Lucy, the celebrated Ethiopian partial skeleton found in 1974.
This ancestral species is the oldest known member of Australopithecus, a grouping of creatures that preceded our own branch of the family tree, called Homo.
Scientists have long known that this species — A. anamensis — existed, and previous fossils of it extend back to 4.2 million years ago. But the discovered facial remains were limited to jaws and teeth. The newly reported fossil includes much of the skull and face.
Our ancestors were amazing - if they weren't, we would not be here....
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212417735
No fossil named Rickey has been found as yet, so some splainin' yet to do.
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/new-foss...cna1047431
A fossil from Ethiopia is letting scientists look millions of years into our evolutionary history — and they see a face peering back.
The find, from 3.8 million years ago, reveals the face for a presumed ancestor of the species famously represented by Lucy, the celebrated Ethiopian partial skeleton found in 1974.
This ancestral species is the oldest known member of Australopithecus, a grouping of creatures that preceded our own branch of the family tree, called Homo.
Scientists have long known that this species — A. anamensis — existed, and previous fossils of it extend back to 4.2 million years ago. But the discovered facial remains were limited to jaws and teeth. The newly reported fossil includes much of the skull and face.
Our ancestors were amazing - if they weren't, we would not be here....
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212417735
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