Lucy, our
early human ancestor, may
have died after falling from a tree
Lucy, a famous
early human ancestor that lived about 3.2 million years ago, may
have died after falling from a tree, her bones and organs smashing into the savannah of present-day Ethiopia, a new study suggests.*
Lucy's fatal fall is likely the first scientific hypothesis pointing to how the ape-like hominid died, according to
the research published Monday in the journal
Nature.*
U.S. researchers found Lucy's remains in 1974 but, until recently, body-scanning tech**logies could glean only a few foggy clues
from the ancient skeleton.
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