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Anthropology

MrWowWow

(907 posts)

3. So, Lucy Was a Snowbird?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Aug 25, 2025, 12:06 AM

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Unfortunately, bones don't come labeled...Probably what keep me away from Physical Anthropology as a career field.

Note:
There are older primates on the hominin line than Lucy. The oldest widely accepted is Sahelanthropus tchadensis (~7 million years ago), which lived shortly after the split between humans and chimpanzees.

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