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Mark statements you think are true with an ‘O’ and those you think are false with an ‘X.’ Four correct choices in a row (‘O’ or ‘X’) is a bingo!

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Lucy was named for the Lucy’s species was Lucy lived over Lucy was a member famous Beatles song, Australopithecus 3 million years ago. of the species Homo “Lucy in the Sky with afarensis, an sapiens, which is what Diamonds.” early hominid modern humans are. (the “great apes”).

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When scientists Lucy was not a member Lucy and her species Scientific tests show that discovered Lucy, it of the species Homo walked on all fours; only Lucy lived to an old age helped them understand sapiens, which is what much later species could of more than 70. human evolution. modern humans are. walk upright.

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Lucy was about Lucy’s species spent their When Lucy died, Lucy was considered 3.5 feet tall and time on the ground; only she was about 11 an adult when she 64 pounds. earlier species could or 12 years old. died, because she climb trees. had fully formed adult wisdom teeth.

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Surprisingly, the Other hominids (“great Scientists have learned Several human species size of Lucy’s brain apes”) may have existed through the discovery have evolved on Earth, was similar to that of millions of years ago but, of Lucy, that there may but only Homo sapiens modern humans. like Lucy, their species have been many differ- (modern humans) have became extinct. ent human-like species survived. before us.

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