{"id":11884,"date":"2016-08-29T19:02:12","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T18:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/?p=11884"},"modified":"2016-08-29T19:03:29","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T18:03:29","slug":"un-cold-case-de-trois-millions-dannees-lenigme-de-la-mort-de-lucy-enfin-resolue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/2016\/08\/29\/un-cold-case-de-trois-millions-dannees-lenigme-de-la-mort-de-lucy-enfin-resolue\/","title":{"rendered":"Un \u00abcold case\u00bb de trois millions d&rsquo;ann\u00e9es : l&rsquo;\u00e9nigme de la mort de Lucy (enfin) r\u00e9solue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>C\u2019est l\u2019australopith\u00e8que la plus connue au monde. Lucy,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/xy7h4_beatles-lucy-in-the-sky-with-diamon_creation\" target=\"_blank\">qui doit son nom \u00e0 une chanson des Beatles<\/a>, a v\u00e9cu il 3,18 millions d\u2019ann\u00e9es en Afrique avant d\u2019\u00eatre d\u00e9couverte en 1974 dans l\u2019actuelle \u00c9thiopie par une \u00e9quipe men\u00e9e par Donald Johanson, Maurice Taieb et Yves Coppens. Sa d\u00e9couverte \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s importante car il \u00e9tait rare de trouver un squelette aussi complet (40% de la totalit\u00e9 des ossements dans son cas), ce qui a permis\u00a0de mieux comprendre la fa\u00e7on de se d\u00e9placer de l\u2019esp\u00e8ce. Mais depuis sa d\u00e9couverte, un grand myst\u00e8re restait encore \u00e0 d\u00e9couvrir: celui de la cause de\u00a0sa mort, que les pal\u00e9ontologistes et pal\u00e9oanthropologues n\u2019ont pas\u00a0r\u00e9ussi \u00e0\u00a0d\u00e9terminer\u2026\u00a0Jusqu\u2019\u00e0 aujourd\u2019hui.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.fr\/story\/122767\/mort-lucy-3d-chute\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/lucychute.gif?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Une nouvelle \u00e9tude,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/vaop\/ncurrent\/full\/nature19332.html\" target=\"_blank\">publi\u00e9e dans la revue Nature<\/a>, laisse croire que la jeune femme est morte en tombant d\u2019un arbre.\u00a0<em>\u00abNotre hypoth\u00e8se, c&rsquo;est que Lucy a \u00e9tendu le bras pour essayer d&rsquo;amortir sa chute\u00bb<\/em>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/flash-actu\/2016\/08\/29\/97001-20160829FILWWW00217-lucy-probablement-morte-en-tombant-d-un-arbre.php\" target=\"_blank\">a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 \u00e0 l&rsquo;AFP<\/a>\u00a0John Kappelman, anthropologue de l&rsquo;universit\u00e9 du Texas. Il a \u00e9galement estim\u00e9 qu&rsquo;elle avait\u00a0<em>\u00abprobablement\u00bb\u00a0<\/em>chut\u00e9 de plus de douze m\u00e8tres.\u00a0<em>\u00abLa mort est survenue rapidement\u00bb<\/em>, a-t-il conclu.<\/p>\n<p>Source et pour lire la suite : <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.fr\/story\/122767\/mort-lucy-3d-chute\">Pour r\u00e9soudre l&rsquo;\u00e9nigme de la mort de Lucy, les scientifiques l&rsquo;ont imprim\u00e9e en 3D<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C\u2019est l\u2019australopith\u00e8que la plus connue au monde. Lucy,\u00a0qui doit son nom \u00e0 une chanson des Beatles, a v\u00e9cu il 3,18 millions d\u2019ann\u00e9es en Afrique avant d\u2019\u00eatre d\u00e9couverte en 1974 dans l\u2019actuelle \u00c9thiopie par une \u00e9quipe men\u00e9e par Donald Johanson, Maurice Taieb et Yves Coppens. Sa d\u00e9couverte \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s importante car il \u00e9tait rare de trouver [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11884","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-histoire-savante","8":"category-nouvelles-de-lhistoire","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/gif_lucy.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/gif_lucy.jpg?resize=600%2C500&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"Lyonel Kaufmann","author_link":"https:\/\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/author\/lyonelk\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/gif_lucy.jpg?fit=1090%2C500&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1rJVM-35G","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9471,"url":"https:\/\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/2015\/03\/05\/deux-decouvertes-revolutionnent-lhistoire-de-nos-origines-page-1-mediapart\/","url_meta":{"origin":11884,"position":0},"title":"Deux d\u00e9couvertes r\u00e9volutionnent l&rsquo;histoire de nos origines | Mediapart","author":"Lyonel Kaufmann","date":"5 mars 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Deux d\u00e9couvertes presque simultan\u00e9es montrent que l'\u00e9mergence du genre\u00a0Homo remonte \u00e0 pr\u00e8s de 3 millions d'ann\u00e9es, plus de 400\u00a0000 ans avant la date admise jusqu'ici. Si le puzzle de nos origines se compl\u00e8te, le sc\u00e9nario exact de l'apparition des premiers humains reste \u00e9nigmatique. Ce fragment de m\u00e2choire inf\u00e9rieure, trouv\u00e9 en\u2026","rel":"","context":"Dans &quot;Histoire savante&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Histoire savante","link":"https:\/\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/category\/didactique\/histoire-savante\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NewImage.png?fit=500%2C375&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14595,"url":"https:\/\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/2018\/07\/11\/decouverte-doutils-de-pierre-de-plus-de-2-millions-dannees-en-chine-ici-radio-canada-ca\/","url_meta":{"origin":11884,"position":1},"title":"D\u00e9couverte d&rsquo;outils de pierre de plus de 2 millions d&rsquo;ann\u00e9es en Chine | ICI.Radio-Canada.ca","author":"Lyonel Kaufmann","date":"11 juillet 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"La mise au jour en Chine d'outils en pierre, vieux de 2,12\u00a0millions d'ann\u00e9es, repousse d'au moins 270\u00a0000\u00a0ans la pr\u00e9sence de l'homme sur le continent asiatique, selon une \u00e9tude publi\u00e9e mercredi dans la revue Nature. Jusqu'\u00e0 aujourd'hui, les plus anciennes traces humaines \u00ab\u00a0non africaines\u00a0\u00bb dataient de 1,8\u00a0million d'ann\u00e9es. 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