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Scientists: ‘Lucy’ Died From Tree Fall

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May have tumbled out of a tree 3 million years ago.

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“Lucy,” the early human ascendant whose fossilized remains are one of archaeology’s most significant discoveries, may have died more than 3 million years ago after falling from a tree.

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