Lucy Long Ago : Uncovering the Mystery of Where We Came From (Hardcover)

from themulhern

An elegant, well-illustrated book about the discovery of "Lucy", the first Australopithecus Afarensis to be dug up. Discusses the significance of the fossil, and how it unseated a linear interpretation of hominid evolution. Good discussion of argon-potassium dating of surrounding rock strata, alt...

from AshleighEvans

Lucy Long Ago is the scientific non-fiction account of when scientists uncovered the fossils of "Lucy", a prehistoric species. Lucy was a new type of species that shared many characteristics of both chimpanzee and human. Evidence proved that she lived in trees, but also walked upright like modern...

from abbylibrarian

In clear, concise text, Catherine Thimmesh gives us the story of Lucy, an ancient hominid that may be an ancestor or relation to modern humans. The discovery of Lucy, the oldest most complete hominid skeleton that's been found so far, majorly changed the way scientists pictured the human "family ...

from BugsyBoog

This was a very interesting nonfiction about how the discovery of Lucy required scientists to rethink the human family tree. Instead of being a linear progression, they realized the family tree was more like a bush, with some offshoots here and there that are difficult to explain. Lucy was a homi...

from abbylibrarian

In clear, concise text, Catherine Thimmesh gives us the story of Lucy, an ancient hominid that may be an ancestor or relation to modern humans. The discovery of Lucy, the oldest most complete hominid skeleton that's been found so far, majorly changed the way scientists pictured the human "family ...