'Lucy's baby' found in Ethiopia (ie same species)

[muriel_volestrangler]

The 3.3-million-year-old fossilised remains of a human-like child have been unearthed in Ethiopia's Dikika region.

The female bones are from the species Australopithecus afarensis, which is popularly known from the adult skeleton nicknamed "Lucy".
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The find consists of the whole skull, the entire torso and important parts of the upper and lower limbs. CT scans reveal unerupted teeth still in the jaw, a detail that makes scientists think the individual may have been about three years old when she died.

Remarkably, some quite delicate bones not normally preserved in the fossilisation process are also present, such as the hyoid, or tongue, bone. The hyoid bone reflects how the voice box is built and perhaps what sounds a species can produce.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5363328.stm

[imfreaky]

1. I can see the resemblence

from the picture :) :) :)

[semillama]

2. Analysis of the hyoid bone should be enlightening

It was a hyoid bone find that pretty much killed the idea that Neandertals were incapable of spoken language. I wonder what this one might tell us?

[135th]

3. Probably a fake,

evolution is a liberal conspiracy...:sarcasm: