Early human ancestor Lucy 'died falling out of a tree'

BBC ^ | August 29, 2016 | Jonathan Webb

[C19fan]

New evidence suggests that the famous fossilised human ancestor dubbed "Lucy" by scientists died falling from a great height - probably out of a tree. CT scans have shown injuries to her bones similar to those suffered by modern humans in similar falls. The 3.2 million-year-old hominin was found on a treed flood plain, making a branch her most likely final perch. It bolsters the view that her species - Australopithecus afarensis - spent at least some of its life in the trees.

[jessduntno]

Was she driving?

[Opinionated Blowhard]

I wonder if she was doing something stupid when she fell out of it — like swinging from a weak branch to impress her friends. Ironically, Lucy may be the original Darwin Award winner.

[blueunicorn6]

Yes, but what was she doing in that tree?

I’m thinking she was trying to get better phone reception.

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

So, our troubles started when we lost our tails.

[UCANSEE2]

[rfreedom4u]

out on a limb trying to escape a tiger, and the limb broke

Wouldn’t the tiger (or whatever) simply have eaten her afterward?

[JimSEA]

I’m afraid I have to agree with Lucy’s discover, Donald Johnson, that fractures were due to natural geological forces on the fossil long after her death. Johnson has thoroughly studied the fossil and has been quite careful in his conclusions.

[Blue Jays]

Makes sense from a defensive perspective.
Likely fleeing a threat and had misstep and/or encountered weak limb.

[Jim from C-Town]

Or maybe she was picking apples.

[Malone LaVeigh]

Very first Darwin award?

[Blood of Tyrants]

How do you get a one-armed DemocRat out of a tree? Wave to him.

[Puppage]

Early human ancestor Lucy 'died falling out of a tree'

And, Keith Richards didn't.....amazing.

[Puppage]

Hold muh be{e}r-ries moment?

Damn you sir and your, quicker than mine, fingers!

[Carthego delenda est]

She was the first redneck woman to say “Watch this, here, hold mah beer!”

[Boogieman]

Of course they spent time in the trees, they were freaking apes.

[Carthego delenda est]

Dang, I’m way late...

[Boogieman]

“Does resemblance equal descent?”

Only when it fits the narrative. When it doesn’t fit the narrative, then it’s “convergent evolution”.

[dfwgator]

She’s got some ‘splainin’ to do.

[TigersEye]

Clumsy Monkey was clumsy.

[Paisan]

How many more must die before we finally enact common-sense tree control...