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A recent discovery challenges Lucy’s species, Australopithecus afarensis, as a direct ancestor of modern humans, Homo sapiens. The new fossil evidence suggests a more complex evolutionary history, potentially indicating the existence of other hominin species that may have played a more significant role in the lineage leading to our own. This finding necessitates a reevaluation of the hominin family tree and the precise placement of A. afarensis within it.
