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'Lucy' Hominid Skeleton to Tour American Museums
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| October 25, 2006
| Associated Press
Posted on 12/08/2006 1:55:20 PM PST by scottdeus12
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia One of the world's most famous fossils the 3.2 million-year-old Lucy skeleton unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974 is to travel to the United States, going on display abroad for the first time, officials said Tuesday.
Even the Ethiopian public has seen Lucy only twice the Lucy exhibition at the Ethiopian Natural History Museum in the capital, Addis Ababa, is a replica; the real remains are usually locked in a vault.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: creationism; evolution; lucy
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To: fish hawk
Myth! learn some real science for once.
To: RadioAstronomer
I take it that you are one of the Idiots I just mentioned. If you want to talk about Mythology let's talk about evolution.
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posted on
12/08/2006 2:51:57 PM PST
by
fish hawk
(.)
Comment #23 Removed by Moderator
To: fish hawk
You wear your ignorance proudly.
To: Diana in Wisconsin
"That's pretty much what you'd look like dressed out." LOL! Now that's funny!
To: scottdeus12
Several years ago scientists were disputing how old the fossil was. There was a pun type headline about this, "Problems In Dating Older Women."
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posted on
12/08/2006 3:13:48 PM PST
by
preacher
(A government which robs from Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul.)
To: Random Access
Glad you got the Midwest Humor. :)
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posted on
12/08/2006 3:15:54 PM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: RadioAstronomer; fish hawk
Okay then, just when, where, and how long did the collection of Lucy bones take, and in what proximity of area were all the Lucy bones taken from.
Oh BTW, real sources not disguised talk-orgins links.
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posted on
12/08/2006 3:16:18 PM PST
by
RunningWolf
(2-1 Cav 1975)
To: scottdeus12
the 3.2 million-year-old LucyYeah, but she's got the body of a 1.8 million year old!
To: fish hawk
>Not only that but if you read the real story about Lucy you will find that some of "her bones" were found a half mile or so away from the rest of them which tells me that all the bones are not from the same ape. These idiots will go to any length rather than admit they are pushing a loser.
No, Lucy is a 40% complete skeleton all from one location. There is a quote that confuses some people from a earlier interview
"Q. How far away from Lucy did you find the knee?
A. Sixty to seventy meters lower in the strata and two to three kilometers away."
Which is talking about a different knee joint found in 1973. Since then we have found other afarensis skeletons that include the knee joint.
I'm just worried that something will happen to the skeleton. The public relations backlash from some idiot attacking it would be massive.
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posted on
12/08/2006 3:24:52 PM PST
by
sydjim
To: Weep-o-crat Hunter
Sarcasm is the lingua franca of the unreconstructed Satanist. It is something in which a warrior for Our Lord will never engage. I dunno...I think his "render unto Caesar" remark was pretty sarcastic....
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posted on
12/08/2006 3:25:28 PM PST
by
paulat
(about)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Since I'm only 5'1" Holy CR@P!!, Diana....
...you post much taller....
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posted on
12/08/2006 3:26:51 PM PST
by
paulat
(about)
To: sydjim
Lucy is an ape not a person but even so it would be a bad for someone to mess up its skeleton. If anyone reading this thread thinks Lucy is the "missing link" they are daffy. There is nor has never been a "missing link". Even Radio man can't argue that point.
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posted on
12/08/2006 3:31:24 PM PST
by
fish hawk
(.)
To: fish hawk
Not only that but if you read the real story about Lucy you will find that some of "her bones" were found a half mile or so away from the rest of them which tells me that all the bones are not from the same ape. These idiots will go to any length rather than admit they are pushing a loser. The story is false. See Index to Creationist Claims: Claim CC003
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posted on
12/08/2006 3:33:11 PM PST
by
Coyoteman
(Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
To: Coyoteman
It doesn't really matter. See post 33. Of course if any of you have a missing link I would be interested in seeing it. (so would a lot of scientists)
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posted on
12/08/2006 3:38:10 PM PST
by
fish hawk
(.)
To: scottdeus12
Due to budget constraints, the tour will be accompanied by a skeleton crew.
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posted on
12/08/2006 3:39:26 PM PST
by
sappy
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To: fish hawk
Of course if any of you have a missing link I would be interested in seeing it. (so would a lot of scientists) This is a transitional, what some journalists or laymen might call a missing link.
Scientists already know about it, along with a number of other intermediate species (see the chart).
Many non-scientists deny this type of evidence for religious reasons, but that does not make it go away, nor does it lessen its significance.
Fossil: KNM-ER 3733
Site: Koobi Fora (Upper KBS tuff, area 104), Lake Turkana, Kenya (4, 1)
Discovered By: B. Ngeneo, 1975 (1)
Estimated Age of Fossil: 1.75 mya * determined by Stratigraphic, faunal, paleomagnetic & radiometric data (1, 4)
Species Name: Homo ergaster (1, 7, 8), Homo erectus (3, 4, 7), Homo erectus ergaster (25)
Gender: Female (species presumed to be sexually dimorphic) (1, 8)
Cranial Capacity: 850 cc (1, 3, 4)
Information: Tools found in same layer (8, 9). Found with KNM-ER 406 A. boisei (effectively eliminating single species hypothesis) (1)
Interpretation: Adult (based on cranial sutures, molar eruption and dental wear) (1)
See original source for notes:
Source: http://www.mos.org/evolution/fossils/fossilview.php?fid=33
Source: http://wwwrses.anu.edu.au/environment/eePages/eeDating/HumanEvol_info.html
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posted on
12/08/2006 3:45:21 PM PST
by
Coyoteman
(Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
To: Coyoteman
What are all of those dotted lines for?
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posted on
12/08/2006 3:59:11 PM PST
by
mirvin
To: Weep-o-crat Hunter
It is the Lord's Own Blood you must drink to truly understand, from a golden cup encrusted with the most precious of saintly jewels. Whiskey is naught but Satan's own micturation. You're in dire need of a holy ghost enema.
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posted on
12/08/2006 4:11:45 PM PST
by
shuckmaster
(An oak tree is an acorns way of making more acorns)
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