Lucy fell from a tree million years ago

Lucy died after falling from a tree, new research suggests. Lucy is a specimen of Australopithecus afarensis considered one of the oldest and most complete fossil hominins, an erect-walking human ancestor. Credit: Perimortem fractures in Lucy suggest mortality from fall out of tall tree John Kappelman, Richard A. Ketcham, Stephen Pearce, Lawrence Todd, Wiley Akins, Matthew W. Colbert, Mulugeta Feseha, Jessica A. Maisano & Adrienne Witzel Nature, doi: Australopithecu