Fast fall crushed Lucy's bones

Bone injuries bear witness of Lucy falling to the ground from a 12-m-tall tree at a speed of 60 km/h.

1 Foot bone fractures indicate that Lucy landed on her feet.

2 An injury of the left knee reveals that Lucy twisted her ankle as she landed.

3 The knee cap was forced into the hominid's thighbone.

4 Lucy fractured her right hip socket, as she hit the ground.

5 She fractured both humeri trying to cushion the fall. 6

Lucy probably landed on a stone which entered her pelvis.

7 Several vertebrae and ribs were crushed, as Lucy hit the ground.

8 When Lucy's head hit the ground, she fractured her skull and lower jaw.