Uploaded May 2012 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Eight very common lies, that are propagated, by creationists, about Lucy.

This is a re-upload of a video that was accidentally deleted one late, lascivious evening.

These arguments will probably appear again in my current series, "How Creationism Taught Me Real Science".
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2vrmieg9tO3fSAhvbAsirT2VbeRQbLk7

References:

Creationist Arguments
icr.org/article/1072
answersingenesis.org/human-evolution/lucy/bringing-lucy-to-life
creation.com/no-more-love-for-lucy

Australopithecus Discovery
the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/32291/title/The-First-Australopithecus--1925

Taung Child Discovery
nature.com/nature/journal/v115/n2884/abs/115195a0.html?foxtrotcallback=true

Mrs Ples and STS14
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.1330080109/abstract

AL 129-1 and Lucy Discovery
Johanson, Donald; Edey, Maitland (1981). Lucy, the Beginnings of Humankind. St Albans: Granada.

Owen's Reconstruction
http://www.academia.edu/6604634/The_obstetric_pelvis_of_A.L._288-1_Lucy

First Family Site
courses.edx.org/c4x/WellesleyX/ANTH_207x/asset/Kimbel09_Lucy_.pdf

Little Foot
gapa-kn.de/GAPA_Band2_PDFs/02.pdf

Afarensis Feet
science.sciencemag.org/content/331/6018/750.full