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<blockquote data-quote="Kylie" data-source="post: 74020230" data-attributes="member: 343110"><p>I have just one question.</p><p></p><p>Are you qualified in any way to determine if Lucy has human characteristics? Yes or no.</p><p></p><p>Because I have quite a few sources that say despite your opinion, Lucy had quite a few human characteristics.</p><p></p><p>"<a href="http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/australopithecus-afarensis" target="_blank"><em>Au. afarensis</em> had both ape and human characteristics...</a>"</p><p></p><p>"<a href="https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/lucy-facts-on-early-human-ancestor/" target="_blank">With a mixture of ape and human features—including long dangling arms but pelvic, spine, foot, and leg bones suited to walking upright...</a>"</p><p></p><p>"<a href="http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141127-lucy-fossil-revealed-our-origins" target="_blank">The Taung Child's [same species as Lucy] teeth were more like a human child's than an ape's. Dart also concluded that it could walk upright, like humans, because the part of the skull where the spinal cord meets the brain was human-like.</a>"</p><p></p><p>"<a href="http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141127-lucy-fossil-revealed-our-origins" target="_blank">By the time Lucy came along, anthropologists accepted that australopithecines were early humans, not just apes.</a>"</p><p></p><p>"<a href="https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/facts-about-lucy-australopithecine" target="_blank">Her species was transitional, with key traits of earlier apes as well as later humans... Lucy walked on two feet, a major step in human evolution. We know this from several clues in her bones, such as the angle of her femur in relation to knee-joint surfaces — an adaptation that helps bipedal animals balance while walking. Her knee joints also show signs of carrying her full body weight, rather than sharing the burden with her front limbs, and various other indications have been found in her pelvis, ankles and vertebrae. Still, her skeleton couldn't have moved quite like ours does, and her big, chimp-like arms suggest she hadn't yet abandoned the trees.</a>"</p><p></p><p>"<a href="https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/science/human-evolution/australopithecus-afarensis/" target="_blank">unlike most modern apes, this species did not have a deep groove lying behind its brow ridge and the spinal cord emerged from the central part of the skull base rather than from the back.</a>" </p><p></p><p>"<a href="https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/australopithecus-afarensis-lucy-species.html" target="_blank">The canine premolar honing complex has been completely lost - this is a feature present in chimpanzees and other apes outside of the hominin lineage, where the large and projecting upper canine teeth are sharpened against the lower third premolars. All known modern and fossil apes have this honing complex. Its absence, along with the presence of bipedalism, is thought to be characteristic of species on the hominin lineage.</a>"</p><p></p><p>This information is quite easy to find. I have to wonder why it is apparently unknown to you. Surely if you had done even a little bit of research you would have come across it.</p><p></p><p>In any case, I would greatly appreciate it if you could answer my question to you. Are you qualified in any way to determine if Lucy has human characteristics? Yes or no.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kylie, post: 74020230, member: 343110"] I have just one question. Are you qualified in any way to determine if Lucy has human characteristics? Yes or no. Because I have quite a few sources that say despite your opinion, Lucy had quite a few human characteristics. "[URL='http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/australopithecus-afarensis'][I]Au. afarensis[/I] had both ape and human characteristics...[/URL]" "[URL='https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/lucy-facts-on-early-human-ancestor/']With a mixture of ape and human features—including long dangling arms but pelvic, spine, foot, and leg bones suited to walking upright...[/URL]" "[URL='http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141127-lucy-fossil-revealed-our-origins']The Taung Child's [same species as Lucy] teeth were more like a human child's than an ape's. Dart also concluded that it could walk upright, like humans, because the part of the skull where the spinal cord meets the brain was human-like.[/URL]" "[URL='http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141127-lucy-fossil-revealed-our-origins']By the time Lucy came along, anthropologists accepted that australopithecines were early humans, not just apes.[/URL]" "[URL='https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/facts-about-lucy-australopithecine']Her species was transitional, with key traits of earlier apes as well as later humans... Lucy walked on two feet, a major step in human evolution. We know this from several clues in her bones, such as the angle of her femur in relation to knee-joint surfaces — an adaptation that helps bipedal animals balance while walking. Her knee joints also show signs of carrying her full body weight, rather than sharing the burden with her front limbs, and various other indications have been found in her pelvis, ankles and vertebrae. Still, her skeleton couldn't have moved quite like ours does, and her big, chimp-like arms suggest she hadn't yet abandoned the trees.[/URL]" "[URL='https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/science/human-evolution/australopithecus-afarensis/']unlike most modern apes, this species did not have a deep groove lying behind its brow ridge and the spinal cord emerged from the central part of the skull base rather than from the back.[/URL]" "[URL='https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/australopithecus-afarensis-lucy-species.html']The canine premolar honing complex has been completely lost - this is a feature present in chimpanzees and other apes outside of the hominin lineage, where the large and projecting upper canine teeth are sharpened against the lower third premolars. All known modern and fossil apes have this honing complex. Its absence, along with the presence of bipedalism, is thought to be characteristic of species on the hominin lineage.[/URL]" This information is quite easy to find. I have to wonder why it is apparently unknown to you. Surely if you had done even a little bit of research you would have come across it. In any case, I would greatly appreciate it if you could answer my question to you. Are you qualified in any way to determine if Lucy has human characteristics? Yes or no. [/QUOTE]
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