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Print your own 3D Lucy to work out how the famous hominin died

Digital scans will help researchers test whether she fell out of a tree.

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Callaway, E. Print your own 3D Lucy to work out how the famous hominin died. Nature 537, 19–20 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/537019a

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