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

[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.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

I'm amused that this Lucy is always shown with red hair. ;')

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[Creationist]

Will we be able to exhibit the tombstone.

[Coyoteman]

That's one exhibit I would like to see. Good post.

[LiteKeeper]

Fraud ALERT!

[GoldCountryRedneck]

Klintoon (either one) will want a date ...

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks. I have a feeling that I should have looked for an earlier topic about this. A more specific search in Google News yields stuff over a month old.

[Allegra]

Lucy's U.S. Tour: Ape-like female who died 3.2 million years ago may be coming

OK, I work/live in a war zone and, well...you just don't phrase things like that 'round here.

[SunkenCiv]

heh... heh... well, people who write headlines have an agenda...

[mikrofon]

You know, if I were a single man, I might ask that ape out. That's a good-looking ape"

[Charles Henrickson]

"You know, if I were a single man, I might ask that ape-like female out. That's a good-looking ape-like female."

[Charles Henrickson]

No fair. I had to find a photo of Lucy.

[shuckmaster]

Very interesting news. Thanks as always for the ping!

[mikrofon]

LOL ... I like your presentation better.

[Notforprophet]

I give you both an *LOL*

NFP

[bert]

I would have sworn I saw a Lucy exhibit in New York years ago. I guess it was a reproduction, not the actual bones.

[metmom]

I was taking a tour of a museum once and looking at some fossils. I asked about whether they were genuine and was told, no, they're reproductions of the original.

[SunkenCiv]

That's the mane thing to do. I won't take a [rimshot!] because I use that all the time.

[toddlintown]

Maybe coming? Maybe she's just breathing hard.