Anthropology - Lucy in Hadar :: Anthropology

Anthropology - Lucy in HadarIn a search to find our ancestors, several anthropologists experience found evidence to support their conclusions. In the needs about Don Johansons husking of Lucy in Hadar, one may be very intrigued by the runner word picture but very disturbed by the second film.I was very intrigued by the findings of the Australopithecines. The composition that Lucy, the skeleton found in Hadar, Africa, was nearly related to the human species was amazing. Lucy was bipedal and her brain was smaller than that of modern humans. Lucy resembled an caricature and was able to make tools to find food and weapons.Hadar, Africa was desired to be a heavy vegetated area but had evolved into a dry and desolate desert. After Lucy died, it was troublesome to find her remains due to erosion and sediment in the form of water in which she died. Johanson and his team worked were able to use the advancement of engineering science to calculate about how old Lucys remains were. The second film by Johanson seemed to disturb me because it discussed how some believe that all primates are killers and it envisioned this idea in film and in television. I disagree with the idea that all primates are predators and are always hunting clear animals and destroying things. I understand that some primates must rely on hunting as a source of survival but I believe the portrayal of primates as barbaric in the film was unnecessary. In the second film, the primates were shown destroying piles of bones and throwing large objects. Johansons film disturbed me in others parts. For example, when Lucy was killed by a lion and dragged into a tree. It seemed almost as if Lucys hearing was not keen enough and therefore she was ineffectual to escape the lion. It is a very crucial portion of the circle of behavior but the idea of Lucy being killed and dragged into a tree to become dinner for a hungry lion bothers me because of the direct link of Lucy to humans.I be lieve that Lucy is one of the first Australopithecines closely related to the human species for several reasons. Although she had a small brain, Lucy could make tools, use a fire for heat, and use sticks to call for termites for food.