Australopithecus afarensis is an extinct species of australopithecine which lived from about 3.9–2.9 million years ago (mya) in the Pliocene of East Africa...

used to refer only to members of Australopithecus. Species include A. garhi, A. africanus, A. sediba, A. afarensis, A. anamensis, A. bahrelghazali, and...

Australopithecus anamensis is a hominin species that lived roughly between 4.3 and 3.8 million years ago, and is the oldest known Australopithecus species...

40 percent of the skeleton of a female of the hominin species Australopithecus afarensis. It was discovered in 1974 in Ethiopia, at Hadar, a site in the...

fossilized skull and other skeletal remains of a three-year-old Australopithecus afarensis female hominin, whose bones were first found in Dikika, in the...

African archaeology Ardipithecus ramidus Australopithecus anamensis Australopithecus afarensis Australopithecus deyiremeda Kenyanthropus List of fossil...

afarensis skeleton strongly reflect bipedalism, to the extent that some researchers have suggested that bipedality evolved long before A. afarensis....

cheekbone is positioned more forward than most A. afarensis specimens. Unlike Australopithecus afarensis but like Paranthropus, the walls of the cheek teeth...

their greater age (all predating Australopithecus). At the time Kenyanthropus was discovered, Australopithecus afarensis was the only recognised australopithecine...

Paranthropus. African archaeology Australopithecus afarensis – Extinct hominid from the Pliocene of East Africa Australopithecus sediba – Two-million-year-old...

if moved to genus Australopithecus because Australopithecus aethiopicus is already a junior synonym of Australopithecus afarensis. Such a classification...

Several species, including Australopithecus garhi, Australopithecus sediba, Australopithecus africanus, and Australopithecus afarensis, have been proposed as...

recovered and was later described as the first known member of Australopithecus afarensis. Johanson was astonished to find so much of her skeleton all at...

evidenced by morphological characteristics found in Australopithecus anamensis and Australopithecus afarensis forelimbs, and that it is less parsimonious to...

There is debate whether A. deyiremeda is a new species or is A. afarensis. Australopithecus prometheus, otherwise known as Little Foot has recently been...

pelvis, hands and feet, more complete than the previously known Australopithecus afarensis specimen called "Lucy". In all, 125 different pieces of fossilized...

Australopithecina Australopithecus Australopithecus africanus Australopithecus deyiremeda Australopithecus garhi Australopithecus sediba Australopithecus afarensis (=Praeanthropus...

apelike humans thought to have evolved into modern humans, such as Australopithecus afarensis radiometrically dated to approximately 3.9–3.0 million years BP...

ramidus Australopithecus anamensis Australopithecus afarensis Australopithecus deyiremeda Australopithecus garhi Kenyanthropus platyops Australopithecus africanus...

width, and foot angle, and determined that A. afarensis was more human-like in gait than ape-like. A. afarensis is an obligate bipedal hominin with the beginnings...

apparently more marked in A. sediba than the more ancient A. afarensis, and if A. afarensis is ancestral to A. sediba, this could indicate an adaptive shift...

suggested that the same was also true for the significantly earlier Australopithecus afarensis. Sexual dimorphism is difficult to measure in extinct species...

earlier A. afarensis which inhabited the same region, based mainly on dental similarities. Though they assigned the species to Australopithecus, the original...

according to some paleoanthropologists, australopithecines such as Australopithecus afarensis ("Lucy") may be considered a side branch of the hominid family...

PMID 30655349. Latimer B, Lovejoy CO (March 1989). "The calcaneus of Australopithecus afarensis and its implications for the evolution of bipedality". American...

1974 – Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the...

dimorphism. According to Reno et al., the sexual dimorphism of Australopithecus afarensis, a human ancestor from approximately 3.9–3.0 million years ago...

platyops Australopithecus† Australopithecus bahrelghazali Australopithecus anamensis Australopithecus afarensis Australopithecus africanus Australopithecus garhi...

doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330720104. PMID 3103460. Heslip, Steven (2001). "Australopithecus anamensis". Archived from the original on June 8, 2011.[self-published...

ages. They are generally thought to be members of the species Australopithecus afarensis. There are multiple theories about the hominids' cause of death...