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Originally Posted by Michaelangelica
What was Lucy?
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Australopithecus afarensis. See also
Lucy's Story at the Institute of human origin at Arizona State. A very interesting multimedia piece on anthropology and Lucy's place in the human line can be seen at
Becoming human.
Back to Neanderthals. The SciAm link provided by Moontanman are very informative and raises very interesting possibilities regards the demise of Neanderthals. I also found a list of 10 misconceptions about Neanderthal this morning at
Top 10 Misconceptions About Neanderthals - Listverse From what I know on the subject it is relatively accurate. Interesting though is the comments below. It is just amazing how common it is for people to participate in discussions on subjects they have no clue about.
I can also recommend Brian Sykes' book "The seven daughters of Eve" mentioned by Maddog. Not exclusively Neanderthal, but a very good read from a DNA point of view.
The
by Jean M Auel was mentioned previously. I stumbled across the first book,
, during 1984 and has read all of them. I was impressed with the research done in making a fictional series of books sound like history on a day to day level of a Cro-Magnon woman. My interest in Anthropology have increase quite a lot since reading the books so I must confess the Neanderthal angle, I presume as being represented by Ayla's foster clan, has either escaped me or my memory is slipping due to age. Will have to re-read the series.
BTW, why does the forum suddenly paste thumbnails like above. I inserted the URLs as normal by selecting text and paste the URL into the box provided by clicking the globe and chain icon above the edit window?
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