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Warpy

(111,249 posts) Fri Mar 5, 2021, 06:06 PM Mar 2021

A more precise facial reconstruction has been done of one of the earliest homonins and it's amazing:

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https://www.livescience.com/lucy-taung-child-facial-reconstructions.html

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Lucy gets a new face (Original Post) Warpy Mar 2021 OP

I have a neighbor that... TreasonousBastard Mar 2021 #1

Fascinating! hlthe2b Mar 2021 #2

More human looking Sanity Claws Mar 2021 #3

I have a very well traveled and read book about Lucy Siwsan Mar 2021 #4

Some of it will need to be rewritten Warpy Mar 2021 #5

Yea, it's pretty old Siwsan Mar 2021 #6

Thanks! I love this stuff! abqtommy Mar 2021 #7

Lucy gets a facelift. nt Javaman Mar 2021 #8

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1. I have a neighbor that...

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...never mind...

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2. Fascinating!

Fri Mar 5, 2021, 06:12 PM

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3. More human looking

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4. I have a very well traveled and read book about Lucy

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5. Some of it will need to be rewritten

Fri Mar 5, 2021, 06:46 PM

Mar 2021

Fossil remains now go back 4.4 million years, predating Lucy by nearly 2 million years. https://www.livescience.com/nearly-complete-lucy-ancestor-skull-unearthed.html

I just wonder if we'll ever find remains of the creature that predates the split between homonins and chimpanzees.