Half human half monkey?

Question

what is that called when they found LUCY a half human and half monkey

more on LUCY

http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?ei=UTF-8&p=lucy+fossil&y=Search

Answer 1

That's the Humanzey...she's the missing link between humans and chimps

Answer 2

Lucy is the nickname given to a remarkably complete skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis, a Hominid species which lived in north east Africa, in the Hadar region of Ethiopia. She was discovered by Dr. Donald Johanson and his team in 1974 near Hadar in Ethiopia. Until 1995, this species was the earliest known member of the Hominid family. Australopithecus afarensis lived from approximately 4 to 2.7 million years ago in east Africa, and perhaps even earlier.

Fragments of more than 300 individuals of Australopithecus afarensis have been discovered so far, but Lucy is the most complete. Her skeleton has provided a wealth of information about the ancestral line of human beings, some of it quite surprising. Lucy was only about 3 feet, 8 inches tall. Males were bigger and more robust.

A. afarensis is classified as an ape, not a human. It is a Hominid--that is, an ape closely related to human beings. In terms of overall body size, brain size and skull shape, "Lucy" resembles a chimpanzee. However, A. afarensis has some surprisingly human characteristics. For example, the way the hip joint and pelvis articulate indicates that "Lucy" walked upright like a human, not like a chimp. This means that upright posture and bi-pedalism (walking on two feet) preceded the development of what we would recognize as human beings and human intelligence.

Some refer to "Lucy" as the missing link, but the reality is that there is no ONE missing link.  Evolution was (and is) an ongoing process and species branched out in several directions over time.

Answer 3

dunno

Answer 4

There's no such thing as a half-human/half-monkey.

Monkeys are a different group from apes (which is what we are, as well as our "cousins" gorrillas and chimps).

Lucy wasn't a half-human/half-monkey. That makes it sound like she was one species above the waist, another below, or something like that, which is completely NOT the case.

She's of the species Australopithecus afarensis.

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/bein...

is a page that explains a bit about human evolution, with links to more information (some links go to articles that require a subscription to the magazine to read them, but others are free; you can ignore the "pay" ones).

We're pretty sure her species was ancestor to ours.

That's NOT the same as being "half-monkey/half-human."

Learning what evolution actually says is well worth the effort; fascinating stuff.

Answer 5

i think they called it something like hominids, however i don't believe she was really in between humans and ape, but just an ape.

Answer 6

Whoopi Goldberg

Answer 7

Afarensis Africanus

Answer 8

Which half was human?

She was an evolutionary step and probably on of our ancestors. There are more people alive whose behavior is that of a trained monkey. Which half, again?

Answer 9

I think it was when monkeys were still transforming into humans, so I think she got fossilized before she fully transformed.  That is what I think.

Answer 10

looks like a humanzee to me