Once in a lifetime discovery
The amazing discovery of a complete skeleton of a three-year-old female was found in Africa. The remains are said to be around 3.3 million years old, making it the eldest skeleton of such a youthful human ancestor. “The discovery will provide us with a lot of useful information” says Will Harcourt-Smith (N.Y. historian), such as whether or not this species walked upright, or climbed and moved through the trees easily.This species (afarensis) was found in Africa, and is said to have lived about 3 to 4 million years ago. The most famous of all afarensis is Lucy. Lucy was discovered in Ethiopia, in 1974. The recently found skeleton, also called Lucy’s baby is roughly about 100,000 years older than the original Lucy is. The skeleton was found in the year 2000, in the northeastern African area. It has taken six years to start carefully removing some of the bones out. Spoor, one of the others working on this project says “ it is a once in a lifetime find.”
The skeleton is said to look human at the top, but more chimp like at the bottom. To find out more about this interesting topic, visit the website http://news.yahoo.com.
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