最古老的埃塞俄比亚人The oldest Ethiopian

THERE is nothing like taking the fight to the heart of the enemy. That is one interpretation of the decision to start Lucy's tour of the United States in Texas, a state in which the biblical account of creation is widely believed to be true. Lucy is a partial skeleton, about 40% complete, of a member of a species known as Australopithecus afarensis. She lived about 3.2m years ago in what is now Ethiopia. Australopithecus was a group of early hominids that is reckoned to be the ancestral genus of Homo, to which modern man belongs. Lucy is due to go on show at the Houston Museum of Natural Science on August 31st. Though it may tweak the noses of creationists, not everyone in the world of palaeontology is happy about the display, either. Some fear that Lucy's bones are too fragile to withstand a tour of America that is intended to last six years. Living Ethiopians, however, hope she will encourage tourists to visit them.

对抗永远无法使对方欢心。这是在美国广泛流传圣经特创论的德州做出启动露西之旅的决定时给出的解释。露西是最早的南方古猿属的一具仅留40%的部分骨骸。320万年前，她生活在现今的埃塞俄比亚。南方古猿是早期原始人类的一部分，被认为是祖先人种，现代人就由此而来。8月31日,露西将在休斯敦自然科学博物馆展出。尽管这会给特创论者狠狠一击，然而并非所有的古生物学家都认同此举。有些人担心露西的尸骨太脆弱以至于经受不起长达6年的美洲之旅。现在的埃塞俄比亚人则希望她可以促进当地旅游业。