[wendy1946]

But other researchers are not so convinced that the new fossil changes much of what they already knew about Lucy and her kind.

The most major thing which the world knows about 'Lucy' is that she was basically somebody's pet monkey, and that the human footprints found near the monkey bones were those of the monkey's owner...

[ntmxx]

The question becomes are there other empirical scientific examples or specimens which supersede Lucy, whereby she is not the progenitor of modern man;

Answer, YES!

[Pontiac]

Ping

[Pontiac]

Lucy's legs were short because of her small size, he adds. If Lucy had been as large as Big Man, her legs would have nearly equaled his in length,

Duh?

[Mikey_1962]

Yohannes Haile-Selassie

I wonder if he is a Rastafarian. ;)

[sickoflibs]

Interesting! I read the book ‘Lucy’ over 20 years ago and it was great reading.

[wbarmy]

I am still amazed at the use of the word “progenitor” when discussing any of these fossils. These are fossils, there is no real evidence that “they” ever had children. There is no direct DNA evidence for any of these fossils being the progenitor of anything. An assumption is being made on all fossils and it is not scientific.