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    Died at age 3
    Discovered by Tilahun Gebreselassie and Dr. Zeresenay Alemseged team (December 2000)
    Announced (September 21, 2006)
    Australopithecus afarensis (Southern ape)

Why she might be annoying:

    She walked during daylight but slept in trees at night.
    Selam backwards is males.
    Other than her teeth from the waist up she looked more ape than human.
    She was a vegetarian.
    Scientists aren't sure if she should be classified as a human or ape.
    Although her brain was not larger and she was not a tool maker, she was social and did walk upright.
    It is uncertain if humans evolved from Australopithecus.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She predates Lucy by as much as 200,000 years.
    She was constantly by her protective mom's side.
    Being that her skeleton shows almost no trauma it is believed she died in a flood or starved to death.
    Some scientist argue that her small brain at age three indicates that like a human her brain grows slowly.
    Although, she has been called Lucy's daughter, she is about 5,000 generations older.
    Her cheekbone was spotted 2‚ miles south of Lucy, it took six years to dig her out.
    She confirms Australopithecus walked upright.
    The oldest fossilized child found prior to her was less than a 300,000 year old Neanderthal in Syria.
    Her name is Amharic for peace.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 9 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 65 Votes: 49.23% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 61 Votes: 44.26% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 68 Votes: 39.71% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 68 Votes: 48.53% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 8554 Votes: 79.64% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 17164 Votes: 21.52% Annoying