Scientists Were Studying This Ancient DNA When They Discovered A Girl Whose Parents Were Two Different Species

She Has Long Limbs

There are some clear plot moments along the road now. Lucy, a fragmentary skeleton unearthed in Ethiopia and estimated to be 3.2 million years old, is one of the most renowned fossil discoveries of all time. Lucy had long limbs and a chimp-sized brain, but doctors could tell she wasn’t an ape since she walked on two legs.

She Has Long Limbs

Finding Lucy

Experts discovered a fragmentary skeleton of one of our predecessors, the Australopithecus while searching for Lucy. However, in the instance of this more recent evolution, all they had was a tooth to work with. As a result, yielding fruitful results would take years of meticulous analysis.

Finding Lucy