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Mrs. Rogers

I Love Lucy - 5 views

  • What was Lucy? She had both ape and human characteristics. Which was she? She is actually related to both humans and apes.
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    "What was Lucy? She had both ape and human characteristics. Which was she? She is actually related to both humans and apes."
Mrs. Rogers

BBC - The evolution of man - 6 views

  • Lucy was discovered in 1974
  • "Bipedalism is the most distinctive, apparently earliest, defining characteristic of humans,
  • Lucy's species Australopithecus afarensis, which means 'southern ape of Afar'
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    this website is really helping you to learn about Lucy.
Mrs. Rogers

Australopithecus afarensis - Australian Museum - 4 views

  • This species is one of the best known of our ancestors due to a number of major discoveries including a set of fossil footprints and a fairly complete fossil skeleton of a female nicknamed 'Lucy'.
  • Key physical features
Mrs. Rogers

Compare the Skeletons - 2 views

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    Compare the skeletons of chimpanzees, Lucy, and modern humans in this interactive website to see some of the physiological modifications that made walking upright possible.
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