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some questions about Lucy (Australopithicus afarensis}

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05-21-2008 9:37 PM

Take a look at the pelvis (below).
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That is definitely not a chimpanzee pelvis. In morphology it is far closer to modern human than chimpanzee.
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How do you explain this if Lucy is not somewhere on or near the line between chimpanzees and modern humans?
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