I would like to retitle this “Lucy” (in quotes). Even the other day when I remembered “Lucy,” I envisioned a caveman being found in the ice. No. That is not what happened with “Lucy.” “Lucy” was an Australopithecus Afarensis found in 1974, in Ethiopia. I just learned that “Lucy” was named after the song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” (LSD) which was played often at the expedition camp. Anyway, “Lucy” is considered well-preserved, but she is estimated to have lived 3.2 million years ago. So what is even recovered after three million years? Bones. No, bone fragments. “Lucy” is approximately 40% of a skeleton, and honestly, I can envision looking for a rock to skip, picking up a piece, and discarding it again.
Prior to the discovery of “Lucy,” researchers had found fragments of other australopithecus …australopithecii….australopithecusses…. I have no idea how to make that plural. Point is, other remains preceded “Lucy,” but “Lucy” was the most well-preserved specimen.
Ok, sorry, I just fell into a Wikipedia rabbit hole about the history of prehistoric bones found and shenanigans perpetrated during the early twentieth century. And who does that, anyway??? I sincerely can’t understand wanting to deceive all of humanity regarding scientific history. Firstly, you’ll attract so much scrutiny that the odds of being discovered of being a charlatan get pretty high. But let’s say you succeed — then what??? You successfully misled history? I don’t get it.