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Lucy's U.S. Tour: Ape-like female who died 3.2 million years ago may be coming
Evansville Courier ^
| Saturday, November 25, 2006
| unattributed
Posted on 11/25/2006 12:47:20 PM PST by SunkenCiv
A deal between the Ethiopian Natural History Museum and the Houston Museum of Natural Science would bring Lucy, accompanied by 190 other fossils and relics, to the United States next September for a six-year tour. She would stay in Houston until August 2008, and then on to six or more other cities. Some scientists oppose the trip, arguing that Lucy's remains are irreplaceable and too fragile to be moved. They say that her remains would be better saved for scientific study rather than put on display as a tourist attraction. But, as has been noted, other fragile and priceless artifacts - the King Tut exhibit and the Dead Sea scrolls, for example - have been safely transported and displayed, with a subsequent swell of public interest in archaeology.
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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: desi; godsgravesglyphs; ilovelucy; lucy; lucyimhome
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To: toddlintown
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11/26/2006 8:46:47 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: Charles Henrickson; DaveLoneRanger; Aetius; Alamo-Girl; AndrewC; Asphalt; Aussie Dasher; ...
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I had to find a photo of Lucy." I'd really like to see the camera that shot that orangutan!
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11/27/2006 3:20:58 PM PST
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editor-surveyor
(Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
To: SunkenCiv
She's got some 'splainin' to do.
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11/27/2006 3:21:46 PM PST
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dfwgator
To: editor-surveyor
They will probably have her shopping at the local hominid bazaar for fruits and bugs against a nicely painted back drop of a ancient African plain, all imaginary of course.
W.
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11/27/2006 4:06:48 PM PST
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RunningWolf
(2-1 Cav 1975)
To: dfwgator
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11/27/2006 5:51:03 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Dang...I thought Pelosi was speaker of the house soon! Is this what that is?
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11/27/2006 8:07:34 PM PST
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ICE-FLYER
(God bless and keep the United States of America)
To: editor-surveyor
Actually it is a good idea for people to see these exhibits, especially when they include some of the papers the person wrote agianst for his findings, along with the evidence he used, how it was gathered, how long that took to gather it all, how much area was covered to get the bone fragments.
It really helps put it all into perspective every time the next great missing link is trumpeted.
W.
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11/27/2006 9:48:06 PM PST
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RunningWolf
(2-1 Cav 1975)
To: editor-surveyor
![](http://www.geocities.com/soakbear/lucille_ball.jpg)
Good idea, I think, regardless of one's perspective.
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11/28/2006 6:19:36 AM PST
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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