New reconstructions of two famous ancient human ancestors have been produced by a team of academics. the Taung child lived around 2.5million years ago and belongs to the cousin species Australopithecus africanusWHO WAS LUCY? Pictured, two differing views of what the Taung child would have looked like which were made one year apart. Skin colour was the most noticable difference between the two, with Lucy having darker skin than the Taung child. 'We assumed that for the Taung child to survive in Southern Africa there would have been no advantage in having low concentrations of melanin.

Source: The Nation March 01, 2021 20:03 UTC