Lucy is an early human ancestor. Lucy died three million years ago. She was discovered in a shallow Ethiopian bed in 1974. She lived about 3.16 million years ago. After having Lucy for 42 years John W. Kappelman a professor of anthropology and lead author of a new study of Lucy had a hypothesis about how Lucy died. His hypothesis is that Lucy fell from a height around 46 feet of a tree branch. She fractured all her bones then died. Then some water gently carried her to a stream bed and she had been there ever since. Using a CT scan, they looked deeper into her bones to see clean brakes. Some of these breaks are similar with injuries caused by falling from great heights. Scientists think that she is a better walker than climber because of her fall. This is very important because this was the first inference in 42 years about how Lucy died. We are also learning about early humans like Lucy in social studies.
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Lucy had a small brain the size of a chimp. She had slowly changed over time and become a walker. Now it is easier for her to find food, gather food and transport food. I feel this is a fitting connection between the chapter too. Early humans have changed over time. Lucy was alive 3.16 million years ago. She was very small with a chimpanzee size brain. But unlike chimpanzees she was a walker. She and her spices had changed over
Lucy had a small brain the size of a chimp. She had slowly changed over time and become a walker. Now it is easier for her to find food, gather food and transport food. I feel this is a fitting connection between the chapter too. Early humans have changed over time. Lucy was alive 3.16 million years ago. She was very small with a chimpanzee size brain. But unlike chimpanzees she was a walker. She and her spices had changed over