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$0 By peterj On 2016-12-14 14:03:54 In Science/Technologiez

ANCIENT HUMAN ANCESTOR WAS ONE TALL DUDE, HIS FOOTPRINTS SAY

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NEW YORK (AP) -- He stood a majestic 5-foot-5, weighed around 100 pounds and maybe had a harem. That's what scientists figure from the footprints he left behind some 3.7 million year ago.

He's evidently the tallest known member of the prehuman species best known for the fossil skeleton nicknamed "Lucy," reaching a stature no other member of our family tree matched for another 1.5 million years, the researchers say.