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...

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...

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

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

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...

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....

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

period various forms of australopiths existed, including Australopithecus anamensis, A. afarensis, A. sediba, and A. africanus. There is still some debate...

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

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...

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

observer status. November 24 – A skeleton from the hominid species Australopithecus afarensis is discovered and named Lucy. November 26 – Anneline Kriel is...

Afar, was the site of the discovery in 1973–1974 of "Lucy", the Australopithecus afarensis skeletal remains, by Donald Johanson of the Cleveland Museum of...

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

invalid grouping and synonymous with Australopithecus, so the species is also often classified as Australopithecus robustus. Robust australopithecines—as...

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

curvature of occipital condyles of Australopithecus afarensis and extant hominins, providing evidence that A. afarensis was Pan-like in condylar morphology...

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

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

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