[Coyoteman]

Thanks. This is a key bit of info from the MOS source;

Source: Casts of original fossil

The original peer reviewed scientific article with actual photos of the fossils would be nice.

If you go back to the original article (as you did to get the "Source: Casts of original fossil" quote, you will note a series of small superscripted numbers behind key pieces of information. These will lead you to the bibliography. Most of the articles are not on line, but all will be in a good sized library (or available through inter-library loan).

The casts are very accurate--they have to be, as there are a lot of people who want to study the finds, and the originals are often very fragile. (In grad school, our bone lab had casts of all of the major finds, and we spent a lot of time with them.)

[tallhappy]

Thanks. I looked at the bibliography and have commented. The reference for this cast was a book with Lucy in the title. Whatever the actual original literature is concerning this cast is ostensibly in that book: Johanson, D. & Edgar, B. (1996). From Lucy to Language. New York: Simon & Schuster Editions

Note the publisher and scope. It is a lay popular book.

The discussions here are usually so far away from the original research it is not possible to comment in any way.

The same bibliography also cites t.o., about equivalent to citing some creationist web site. MOS also has on its featured exhibit : Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination