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Human ancestor 'Lucy' was a tree climber, new evidence suggests

2016-11-30 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] AUSTIN, Texas — Evidence preserved in the internal skeletal structure of the world-famous fossil, Lucy, suggests the ancient human species frequently climbed trees, according to a new analysis by scientists from The Johns Hopkins University and The University of Texas at Austin. Since Lucy's discovery in Ethiopia 42 years ago this month by Arizona State University anthropologist Donald Johanson and graduate student Tom Gray, paleontologists have debated whether the 3.18 m…

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