人类祖母“露西”亮相非洲联合馆

广西大学机械工程学院 蒋连琼 供稿

The early humanskeleton(骨骼)reconstruction‘Lucy’dating back 3.2 million yearsdebuted亮相)atEthiopian exhibition area(埃塞俄比亚展区)inJoint-Africa Pavilion(非洲联合馆)in Expo site.

320 万年前的原始人“露西”骨骼化石在非洲联合馆埃塞俄比亚展区正式亮相。

‘Lucy’was the nickname of a set of several hundred pieces of bones of about 40%of the female skeleton of an individual Australopithecus afarensis,found in 1974 in Ethiopia.(The cranial capacity(脑容量)of ‘Lucy’was 400cc with the average human from that period from 300cc to 500cc.Male cranial capacity was a little larger.In comparison,modern human cranial capacity is between 1300cc to 1500cc on average.)

据科学记载，“露西”是1974年在埃塞俄比亚发现的南方古猿阿法种的古人类化石的代称。这是一具完整性40%的女性骨架（脑容量为400毫升，当时脑容量的平均值为300～500毫升，男性比女性略高一些。现代人类的脑容量平均值为1300～1500毫升。）

‘Lucy’is believed to be the first human to walk upright,and she s the earliest ancestor of human beings,as we have known so far.The nickname of‘Lucy’was given to the fossils while the discoverers played he Beatles song ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ to celebrate the discovery.

“露西”被认为属于第一批直立行走的人类，是目前所知人类的最早祖先。这具南方古猿化石之所以取名“露西”，缘于发现者在当时播放了一首披头士乐队的歌“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”，于是这具化石便被命名为“露西”