Lucy: References & Edit History
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: PBS - Lucy's Lasting Legacy. | Sep 10, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - Lucy's Lasting Legacy. | Jul 15, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - Lucys world. | Feb 20, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Like Father, Like Son: Assessment of the Morphological Affinities of A.L. 2881 (A. afarensis), Sts 7 (A. africanus) and Omo 119732718 (Australopithecus sp.) through ... | Sep 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - An early Australopithecus afarensis postcranium from Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia. | Jul 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - Fifty years on, how Lucy, the mother of humanity, changed our understanding of evolution. | Nov 14, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Plos Journals - Limb Bone Structural Proportions and Locomotor Behavior in A.L. 288-1 ("Lucy"). | May 03, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN - How did Lucy, our early human ancestor, die 3 million years ago? | Mar 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Lucy's back: Reassessment of fossils associated with the A.L. 288-1 vertebral column. | Dec 22, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Oct 29, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Oct 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - Lucy's last day: What the iconic fossil reveals about our ancient ancestor's last hours. | Jul 11, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Arizona State University - Institute of Human Origins - Lucy's Story. | Feb 22, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Nature Education - Knowledge Project - Lucy: A marvelous specimen. | Jan 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Natural History Museum - Australopithecus afarensis, Lucy's species. | Sep 13, 2022 | ||
| Added image of Lucy's skull. | Oct 14, 2010 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Lucy. | Aug 18, 2010 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Lucy. | Aug 18, 2010 | ||
| Date of discovery updated. | Nov 24, 2009 | ||
| New article added. | Apr 20, 2009 |
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