The 3.3-million-year remains of a human-like child were (0) ORIGINALLY found in a block of sandstone in 2000 but it took over five years of 1CARE work to free the bones. Judging from the 2LONG of her teeth, the infant was probably about three years old when she died. According to 3RESEARCH working in this area, these remains were 4USUAL because of their completeness and this gave them a great opportunity to study the 5DEVELOP of one of our distant ancestors. Earlier discoveries, such as the 3.2 million-year-fossil of an adult female known as ‘Lucy’, were still regarded as highly significant but their remains were less preserved. Since the species has a 6MIX of ape-like and human-like qualities, scientists said that the findings told us a lot about our early ancestors. However, their conclusions came in for 7CRITICISE from some people. They said there was 8SUFFICIENT evidence to regard the remains as the missing link between apes and humans.