Anthropology - Lucy in Hadar :: Anthropology

Anthropology - Lucy in HadarIn a search to find our ancestors, several anthropologists have found evidence to bide their conclusions. In the films about Don Johansons discovery of Lucy in Hadar, one may be very intrigued by the first film but very crazy by the second film.I was very intrigued by the findings of the Australopithecines. The thought process that Lucy, the skeleton found in Hadar, Africa, was closely related to the human species was amazing. Lucy was bipedal and her brain was little than that of modern humans. Lucy resembled an ape and was able to make tools to find food and weapons.Hadar, Africa was believed to be a heavily vegetated area but had evolved into a dry and desolate desert. aft(prenominal) Lucy died, it was difficult to find her remains due to erosion and sediment in the body of water in which she died. Johanson and his team worked were able to use the advancement of applied 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 order Primates are killers and it portrayed this idea in film and in television. I disagree with the idea that all primates are predators and are always hunting harmless animals and destroying things. I clear 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 unable to escape the lion. It is a very crucial mickle of the circle of life 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 believe that Lucy is one of the fir st 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 gathering termites for food.