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Okay. Interesting Hypothesis
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Okay. Interesting Hypothesis
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vao...19332.html

Quote:Perimortem fractures in Lucy suggest mortality from fall out of tall tree

Usually in order to get a fossil the body needs to be covered rapidly to prevent scavengers getting at it.  Hard to see how that could happen on a forest floor.
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RE: Okay. Interesting Hypothesis
(August 29, 2016 at 3:22 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Usually in order to get a fossil the body needs to be covered rapidly to prevent scavengers getting at it.  Hard to see how that could happen on a forest floor.

Going by the hypothesis, there had to be a reason for falling out a tree. What if there was a torrential flood covering her immediately in leaves and mud. Usually mud is an ideal container to preserve fossils.
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RE: Okay. Interesting Hypothesis
It's just an abstract of the paper.  Perhaps they address that in depth but I'm not going to register just to find out.  In a few days someone will discuss it, somewhere.
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