Scientists announce discovery of 3.6 million-year-old relative of 'Lucy' (evolution)

[Brian.Pearson]

...The specimen was nicknamed "Kadanuumuu" (kah-dah-nuu-muu) by the authors. "Kadanuumuu" means "big man" in the Afar language and reflects its large size. The male hominid stood between 5 to 5 ½ feet tall, while "Lucy" stood at about 3 ½ feet.
"This individual was fully bipedal and had the ability to walk almost like modern humans," said Haile-Selassie. "As a result of this discovery, we can now confidently say that 'Lucy' and her relatives were almost as proficient as we are walking on two legs, and that the elongation of our legs came earlier in our evolution than previously thought." ...

[Sman]

Interesting! I wrote a rather long paper on A. afarensis many years ago when Dr. Johanson was at Cleveland. The paper led to conversations with, and an intern offer from, the prof., but unfortunately, I was young and dumb, and turned it down