So Lucy Wasn't the Oldest Human-like Creature ...


	So Lucy Wasn't the Oldest Human-like Creature ...

Uniec

10-1-2009 12:27 PM

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Uniec says:

This new discovery looks intriguing, especially because it may still not be the oldest one. There might be found some that may be seen as "The Missing Link" of Charles Darwin's theory.

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Scientists today announced the discovery of the oldest fossil skeleton of a <A href="http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-body">human</A> ancestor. The find reveals that our forebears underwent a previously unknown stage of evolution more than a million years before <A href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060920-lucy.html">Lucy</A>, the iconic early human ancestor specimen that walked the Earth 3.2 million years ago (<A href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/human-evolution/human-ancestor">interactive time line: how the new discovery changes human evolutionary theory).
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The centerpiece of a treasure trove of new fossils, the skeleton—assigned to a species called <I>Ardipithecus ramidus</I>—belonged to a small-brained, 110-pound (50-kilogram) female nicknamed "Ardi." (See <A href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/photogalleries/oldest-human-skeleton-ardi-missing-link-chimps-pictures/">pictures of <I>Ardipithecus ramidus</I></A>.)
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