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Fossil autopsy claims Lucy fell from tree

Disputed analysis says early hominid broke multiple bones

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LUCY’S PLUNGE  Scientists say that damage to the 3.2-million-year-old partial skeleton dubbed Lucy suggests that this ancient hominid plummeted to her death from high in a tree. That’s a controversial conclusion.

 

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By Bruce Bower

- More than 2 years ago

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In a macabre twist, the hominid evolutionary tree’s most famous fossil star, Lucy, tumbled to her death from high up in a tree, a controversial new study suggests.