New hominid fossil may evict Lucy as possible human ancestor

[dennilfloss]

50-50 chance.

I wonder if we might be looking at sexual dimorphism rather than at two separate species, with the new find representing a male and Lucy a female of the same species. While not as obvious as in ungulates (e.g. male moose vs female), sexual dimorphism can be quite pronounced amongst primates; for example, the mountain gorilla male skull is markedly different from the female's (and twice as big).

More money-->more research-->more finds.

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (The Beatles)

 

[maleficent]

thanks - I'd have missed this. They've really been finding a lot of unknown species and sub-species lately!

 

[Zucchini]

bah, just more trickery by satan to lead us away from the truth!

 

[maleficent]

If you're gonna suggest that one is female and one is male...It could be that Lucy is the male. The article says Lucy's teeth are larger than the new find. Last article I studied said they had never determined that the remains named Lucy were female. It's a really creative idea that they could actually be male and female.