Australopithecus afarensis
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Australopithecus afarensis is an extinct species of australopithecine which lived from about 3.9–2.9 million years ago in the Pliocene of East Africa. The first fossils were discovered in the 1930s, b
Reconstruction of the fossil skeleton of "Lucy" the Australopithecus afarensis
The holotype LH 4
Locations of A. afarensis sites
"Lucy" skeleton reconstruction
Australopithecus
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Australopithecus is an extinct genus of early hominins that existed in Africa during the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene. The genera Homo, Paranthropus, and Kenyanthropus evolved from some Australopith
Australopithecus afarensis
…classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Placentalia Order: Primates Superfamily: Hominoidea Family: Hominidae Genus: †Australopithecus Species: †A. afarensis Binomial name †Australopithecus afarensis Johanson, White, and Coppens, 1978 Synonyms Synonyms Praeanthropus africanus (Weinert…
Mrs Ples Face
Taung Child's skull
Reconstruction of a largely hairless male A. sediba by Adrie and Alfons Kennis at the Neanderthal Museum, Germany
The spot where the first Australopithecus boisei was discovered in Tanzania.