How Discovery of Lucy Skeleton Shaped Our Understanding of Human Evolution
The 3.2-million-year-old fossil, discovered 50 years ago, is considered to be one of the most significant early hominin ...
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Walking Tall
giving us an efficient and graceful gait and a range of painful problems from back injuries to fallen arches. There are important differences between the human skeleton and stride and that of our ...
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The discovery that rewrote human evolution theory turns 50
The discovery of Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old skeleton, changed our theory ... grabbing a spear and growing taller to become a modern human. This diagram called 'The March of Progress' simplifies ...