UM-Bot Posted August 29, 2016 #1 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Scientists believe that an early human ancestor discovered 40 years ago died after falling out of a tree. http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/298299/did-ancient-hominin-lucy-fall-from-a-tree 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftermath Posted August 29, 2016 #2 Share Posted August 29, 2016 From the article: Anthropologist Professor Ericka N. L’Abbé at the University of Pretoria in South Africa says, "Elephant bones and hippo ribs appear to have the same kind of breakage. It’s unlikely they fell out of a tree." For some strange reason, it's in human nature to understand why and how. But what does it really matter why or how Lucy died? Seems to me to be a flat-out waste of time. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire. Posted August 29, 2016 #3 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Just think.. 3.2 million years later and we're still falling out of trees. As for how or why Lucy died, it does matter as it helps us gain a better understanding of so many things, such as: human behavior, lifestyle (such as diet), cultural practices, life expectancy, types of illnesses, environmental influences, etc. It's not often that we find evidence of early human ancestors, so what we can determine from what little we do have is important. But what I want to know is this: If Lucy did indeed fall out a tree, was she pushed? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted August 29, 2016 #4 Share Posted August 29, 2016 I love Lucy. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeGorilla Posted August 29, 2016 #5 Share Posted August 29, 2016 How do they know it was a tree? There are a million other ways she could've sustained a similar injury. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted August 29, 2016 #6 Share Posted August 29, 2016 1 hour ago, Clair said: Just think.. 3.2 million years later and we're still falling out of trees. As for how or why Lucy died, it does matter as it helps us gain a better understanding of so many things, such as: human behavior, lifestyle (such as diet), cultural practices, life expectancy, types of illnesses, environmental influences, etc. It's not often that we find evidence of early human ancestors, so what we can determine from what little we do have is important. But what I want to know is this: If Lucy did indeed fall out a tree, was she pushed? It would matter IF we knew what she was trying to get to eat or do. Maybe she was hiding from something and fell from the tree when she tried to climb down. This theorizes, as I don't want to ASS_U_ME, a tree was involved at all as theorized by Not Your Huckleberry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire. Posted August 29, 2016 #7 Share Posted August 29, 2016 2 minutes ago, paperdyer said: It would matter IF we knew what she was trying to get to eat or do. Maybe she was hiding from something and fell from the tree when she tried to climb down. This theorizes, as I don't want to ASS_U_ME, a tree was involved at all as theorized by Not Your Huckleberry. That goes without saying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted August 29, 2016 #8 Share Posted August 29, 2016 maybe, just maybe ... Lucy slipped ... ~ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftermath Posted August 29, 2016 #9 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Perhaps a tree wasn't involved, as pointed out by Anthropologist Professor Ericka N. L’Abbé at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Moreover, perhaps Lucy received a severe beating from another ancient hominin; point is we'll never know for sure so let's put her to rest and move along. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted August 29, 2016 #10 Share Posted August 29, 2016 OoooOooh Paleo CSI ... lovin' this I am ... ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz_Light_Year Posted August 30, 2016 #11 Share Posted August 30, 2016 6 hours ago, Eldorado said: I love Lucy. Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do! --RICKY RICARDO, I Love Lucy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted August 31, 2016 #12 Share Posted August 31, 2016 On 8/29/2016 at 5:09 PM, third_eye said: OoooOooh Paleo CSI ... lovin' this I am ... ~ Hey CBS! New idea for the CSI Franchise! First class - Who or what killed Lucy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingitsune Posted September 1, 2016 #13 Share Posted September 1, 2016 John Hawks' take: Quote Skilled forensic anthropologists have only a limited degree of accuracy assessing perimortem versus postmortem fractures, when they are looking at buried skeletal remains that are only a few years old. With Lucy, we are talking about fractures that have been evident since the skeleton was found, and every previous scientist who examined them has concluded that they are likely postmortem damage consistent with the pattern on other fossils from Hadar. Showing that these fractures came from a particular traumatic event is going to take much better data than this paper provides. http://johnhawks.net/weblog/fossils/afarensis/lucy-falling-tree-kappelman-2016.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docyabut2 Posted September 2, 2016 #14 Share Posted September 2, 2016 I don't think she fell from a tree, other wise her body and bones would have been scattered and eaten by many other animals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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