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Early human ancestor 'Lucy' was a bad runner, and this one tendon could explain why
Live Science ^
| published December 26, 2024
| Kristina Killgrove
Posted on 12/29/2024 11:19:26 AM PST by BenLurkin
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posted on
12/29/2024 11:19:26 AM PST
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
So if she could run better... Maybe she’d still be alive? I think not.
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posted on
12/29/2024 11:25:24 AM PST
by
jerod
(Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
To: BenLurkin
Lucy is not “our” ancestor. Ridiculous fraud.
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posted on
12/29/2024 11:31:22 AM PST
by
montag813
To: BenLurkin
Those long arms she had allowed her to jerk that football away when Charlie tried to kick it....
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posted on
12/29/2024 11:32:23 AM PST
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
To: BenLurkin
Those long arms she had allowed her to jerk that football away when Charlie tried to kick it....
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posted on
12/29/2024 11:32:23 AM PST
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/29/2024 11:35:07 AM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
To: JBW1949
Lucy’s got some ‘splainin’ to do.
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posted on
12/29/2024 11:35:09 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
I’ve heard about “Lucy” for 30-40years or whatever. Then in a museum I saw a replica of the bones they found and a taxidermy reconstruction.
I walked in the room with the sacred display, and was looking at a 3 foot tall chimpanzee. What a scam. Never again...
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posted on
12/29/2024 11:35:42 AM PST
by
DesertRhino
(2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
To: BenLurkin; gundog
That skeleton doesn't swing his arms.
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posted on
12/29/2024 11:37:59 AM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/29/2024 11:40:53 AM PST
by
Libloather
(Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: BenLurkin
lucy was a monkey, not a missing link.
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posted on
12/29/2024 11:43:54 AM PST
by
RaceBannon
(Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for )
To: BenLurkin
I prefer Lucy Mcgillicuddy.
To: BenLurkin
I don't think that early humans needed to run from much since They were much more powerful than modern humans. The hair on a chimpanzee hides how truly powerful they are. Take a look at this picture of a hairless chimpanzee named Mongo.

All that muscle and not a gym in sight. That is just normal, chimp muscle mass.
Studies have determined that chimpanzee muscle exceeds human muscle in maximum dynamic force and power output by ∼1.35 times due to having a greater proportion of fast twitch muscle fibers than humans. Furthermore, the way great apes' muscles are attached to their bones by tendons, being further from the joint for greater mechanical leverage (at the cost of finer control) increases their strength as well.
An 80 pound chimp could easily destroy a 250 pound MMA fighter and then eat his face for spite.
To: RaceBannon
What did she self identify as?
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posted on
12/29/2024 11:55:42 AM PST
by
bgill
To: bgill
What were Lucy’s pronouns????
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posted on
12/29/2024 12:01:13 PM PST
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
To: montag813
Oh you’re an archeologist and scientist.
Evolution is science. Guess you still believe in Adam and eve. I don’t anymore
To: wildcard_redneck
To: wildcard_redneck
“An 80 pound chimp could easily destroy a 250 pound MMA fighter and then eat his face for spite.”
Decades ago someone had a carnival attraction where they would muzzle a chimp or orangutan, put boxing gloves on it and pay anyone X$$$ to last a 3 minute round with the primate, No one ever did.
To: wildcard_redneck
Mongo only pawn in game of life.
To: ClearCase_guy
“Mongo only pawn in game of life.”
That is funny. I’m upset with myself for not putting it into my own comment.
There is so much comedy gold in ‘Blazing Saddles.’ I’m gonna have to watch it again.
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