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Ancient human ancestor Lucy was not alone — she lived alongside at least 4 other proto-human species, emerging research suggestsafarensis fossil (AL 288-1), nicknamed "Lucy." About 3.2 million years ago, our ancestor "Lucy" roamed what is now Ethiopia. The discovery of her fossil skeleton 50 years ago transformed our ...
Scans of eight fossilized adult and infant Australopithecus afarensis skulls reveal a prolonged period of brain growth during development that may have set the stage for extended childhood learning in ...
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What 'Lucy,' One of the World's Most Important Fossils, Has Taught Scientists in the 50 Years Since Her DiscoveryColonialist explorations of East Africa started turning up A. afarensis fossils as early as 1939. The naturalists just didn’t know what they were looking at. The bones of the early human ...
To get a picture of how Lucy's species, Australopithecus afarensis, moved, scientists compare fossils to the bones of modern humans, as well as to the anatomy of "knuckle-walking" primates like ...
anamensis walked on two feet. This species includes "Lucy," the 3.2 million year old fossil found by Donald Johanson. A. afarensis' small braincases and relatively large teeth and chewing muscles ...
Believed to be 3.5 million years old, the remains of Australopithecus afarensis, had earlier been ... man and urge the government to gazette the fossil site where remains of Australopithecus ...
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