The 3.2 Million-Year-Old Lucy Fossil Reveals A Forgotten Truth About Humans
Technological advancements in genetic analysis suggest that Lucy may have been naked, or at least much more thinly veiled.
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What the 3.2 million-year-old Lucy fossil reveals about nudity and shame
Fifty years ago, scientists discovered a nearly complete fossilized skull and hundreds of pieces of bone of a 3.2-million-year-old female specimen of the genus Australopithecus afarensis, often described as “the mother of us all.” During a celebration following her discovery, she was named “Lucy,” after the Beatles song “Lucy in…
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