Australopithecus afarensis | The Smithsonian Institution's ...
Jan 3, 2024 · Australopithecus afarensis is one of the longest-lived and best-known early human species—paleoanthropologists have uncovered remains from more than 300 individuals! Found between 3.85 and 2.95 million years ago in Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania), this species survived for more than 900,000 years, which is over four times as long ...
Australopithecus afarensis - Wikipedia
The skull KNM-ER 1470 (now H. rudolfensis) was at first dated to 2.9 million years ago, which cast doubt on the ancestral position of both A. afarensis or A. africanus, but it has been re-dated to about 2 million years ago. [8]
Australopithecus afarensis, Lucy's species | Natural History ...
Australopithecus afarensis skulls show the species had a brain the size of a chimpanzee's, a projecting face and powerful jaw muscles, used for chewing hard or tough plant material.
Australopithecus afarensis - The Australian Museum
‘Lucy’ Australopithecus afarensis skull Discovered: 1974 by Donald Johanson in Hadar, Ethiopia. Age: 3.2 million years old This relatively complete female skeleton is the most famous individual from this species, nicknamed ‘Lucy’ after the song ‘Lucy in …
Australopithecus | Characteristics & Facts | Britannica
Nov 18, 2024 · Ar. ramidus, which was discovered in the middle Awash valley in 1992 at a site named Aramis, is known from a crushed and distorted partial skeleton. The skull is apelike with a tiny brain—300–350 cc (18.3–21.4 cubic inches), which is equivalent to a brain weight of about 300–350 grams (10.6–12.3 ounces)—and a prognathic (projecting) snout.
Reappraising the palaeobiology of Australopithecus | Nature
May 3, 2023 · The skull of Australopithecus afarensis (Oxford University Press, 2004). A monumental monograph that described and analysed the skull of Australopithecus afarensis and how the species...
Lucy (Australopithecus) - Wikipedia
Lucy Catalog no. AL 288-1 Common name Lucy Species Australopithecus afarensis Age 3.2 million years Place discovered Afar Depression, Ethiopia Date discovered November 24, 1974 ; 50 years ago (1974-11-24) Discovered by Donald Johanson Maurice Taieb Yves Coppens Tom Gray AL 288-1, commonly known as Lucy or Dinkʼinesh, is a collection of several hundred …