The Daily Dose

Dear 8 pound, 6 ounce baby Jesus are people going crazy over the latest Google Doodle. The artwork features “Lucy,” a 3-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis fossil discovered at the Hadar research site in Ethiopia. The discovery happened in 1974 and its impact on the study of evolution can’t be overstated. Since that time, we’ve discovered more than 20 different hominid species, including as many as eight in Lucy’s genus, Australopithecus. These discoveries show that the theory of evolution is definitely true at least plausible due to the way in which the species evolved over time. No matter though. People are still…

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