'Lucy' Hominid Skeleton to Tour American Museums

Foxnews ^ | October 25, 2006 | Associated Press

[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.

[RadioAstronomer]

Myth! learn some real science for once.

[fish hawk]

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.

[RadioAstronomer]

You wear your ignorance proudly.

[Random Access]

"That's pretty much what you'd look like dressed out." LOL!

Now that's funny!

[preacher]

Several years ago scientists were disputing how old the fossil was. There was a pun type headline about this, "Problems In Dating Older Women."

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Glad you got the Midwest Humor. :)

[RunningWolf]

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.

[GreenHornet]

the 3.2 million-year-old Lucy

Yeah, but she's got the body of a 1.8 million year old!

[sydjim]

>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.

[paulat]

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....

[paulat]

Since I'm only 5'1"

Holy CR@P!!, Diana....

...you post much taller....

[fish hawk]

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.

[Coyoteman]

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

[fish hawk]

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)

[sappy]

Due to budget constraints, the tour will be accompanied by a skeleton crew.

[Coyoteman]

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

[mirvin]

What are all of those dotted lines for?

[shuckmaster]

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.