![]() ![]() Therefore, it now becomes our most ancient ancestor. Lucy was the first human, or clearly on the road to man. Note the conclusion and the logic behind it. This deception continues to influence many, and even creeps into the evaluation of this most recent find. Unfortunately, Lucy has come to be considered as "the earliest human," a misstatement seldom (if ever) corrected by knowledgeable evolutionists. ![]() Perhaps they walked partially erect, but not in the human manner. Long curved fingers and toes showed that her species was at home in the trees, although able also to walk on the ground. But even the most generous view of Lucy was that she was chimp-like, possessing certain features reminiscent of humans. This conclusion, based on his interpretation of the partial hipbone and a knee bone, has been hotly contested by many paleoanthropologists. Although Lucy's skull was not recovered, others of the same species exhibit a chimp-sized brain and chimp-like teeth and jaws, with a few minor differences.įrom the neck down, certain clues suggested to Johanson that Lucy walked a little more erect than today's chimps. Donald Johanson in 1974, who admits that Lucy was chimplike. Specifically, what was concluded was that these creatures showed some features which were not completely apelike, but more so than the fossil dubbed "Lucy." This remarkable fossil, 40% complete and three feet six inches tall, was found by Dr. Nothing was found from below the waist, but the anthropologists concluded from the elbow and one tooth that this species had already split off from the apes, and was walking somewhat erect. ![]() Some were fragments of skulls which had been crushed, others were teeth or tooth fragments, one of which was still embedded in a portion of the jaw no bigger than a man's thumbnail, but labeled "a child's jaw." A significant portion of an upper arm bone was also found. Does the evidence support this conclusion?įrom the newspaper articles, we learn that 17 scraps of bone and teeth were found, and that these had been gnawed by carnivores. Despite a few "qualifying" words, the newspaper articles clearly asserted that humans had evolved from an undiscovered ape-like ancestor and that this new evidence was from a species close to that missing link. The articles reported a paper published in the British science journal, Nature, authored by Dr. "New Chimpanzee-size link to humans found in Ethiopian Desert" ( USA Today). On September 22, 1994, the news hit the headlines. ![]()
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