by: A team led by Zeresenay Alemseged Age: About 3.3 million years old Species: Australopithecus afarensis The fossilized remains of this 3 year-old early human child are often referred to as belonging to ‘Lucy’s baby’ since she was found only a few miles south from where Lucy was found Lucy over two decades earlier‚ even though the child’s fossil is actually 100‚000 years older than famous Lucy. She is nicknamed ‘Selam’ after the Amharic (Ethiopia’s official language) word for ‘peace
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Australopithecus By: Chris Stewart Date: December 15th 1996 Biology There are many types of the hominid called australopithecus‚ which means southern apes. These were small ape-like creatures(with a height between 107cm and 152cm) that showed evidence of walking upright. It is difficult to tell whether these begins are "humans" or "apes". Many of their characteristics are split between humans and apes. The many species of australopithecus include A.(australopithecus) ramidus‚ A. anamenesis
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Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds Essay [pic] By Kelly Hastie M/W 11:00 Anthropology 101 Professor Kamaila We all realize that us humans have some sort of relation to apes and chimpanzees‚ but what evolved us from them to becoming bipedal hominids? In this essay I will be inculcating you about the evolution of humans‚ the captivating discovery of Lucy‚ an Australopithecus afarensis‚ and how her uncovering of a new species is so important to our advancement. Lucy is our oldest‚ most complete
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Introduction Australopithecus afarensis have commonly been found in sites such as Hadar‚ Ethiopia and Laetoli‚ Tanzania. An Australopithecus afarensis fossil was discovered in Hadar‚ Ethiopia in 1974‚ by Donald Johanson. This fossil was scientifically known as Afar Locality (AL) 288-1 but would be commonly called Lucy. The significance of this fossil was that it contained 40% of its skeleton thus it became one of the most complete individual to be discovered. When Lucy’s skeletal remains were first
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Ethiopia by Dr. Donald Johanson‚ an American paleoanthropologist. According to Johanson‚ Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis) represented the missing link between apes and humans. She was our oldest human ancestor‚ the ape who walked upright. According to Dr. Donald Johanson‚ Lucy was one of the greatest paleoanthropological finds of the 20th century‚ but to others‚ Johanson’s discovery and methodology of identifying Lucy had many flaws and contradictions to his theory. In 1972‚ in Hadar‚ Ethiopia‚ Dr Johnason
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Lucy On November 24th‚ 1974‚ a group of paleontologists led by Dr. Donald Johanson discovered a partial skeleton approximately 3.5 million years old in the Afar region of Ethiopia. Johanson‚ along with colleague Tom Gray had been focusing their interests on another part of the Afar area‚ when Johanson decided to move in a different direction and hoped to get lucky. Johanson discovered portions of an arm bone and quickly declared it as a hominid. As they searched more‚ Johanson and Gray found
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Civilizations 101- Dr. James LePree “Lucy and Ardi: Beginning of Human Origins” Many people often consider our first milestone in life to be our first step. It is the beginning of many important developments as an individual. It was also the beginning of our development as a species. Dr. Donald Johanson and Dr. Tim White discovered two of the most amazing specimens that would be the stepping-stones to the beginning of evolutionary development. Australopithecus Afarensis (Lucy) and Ardipithecus Ramidus (Ardi)
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Now We Know How ‘Lucy’ Died 3 Million Years Ago. Maybe University of Texas has been working to figure out what sort of life “Lucy” has lived‚ but in their data they believe they have found the way that this early human died in late August. Lucy is the name of one of the earliest human skeletons to be found; she was discovered on the continent of Africa in Ethiopia. She falls under the class of hominine and dates backs 3.2 million years ago. She was discovered in 1974 and is one of the most
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change‚ which transformed these lush forests into open woodland. As most apes were becoming extinct‚ some were adapting to these changes in the environment. One of the species that was to adapt to these changes was to become our ancestor. The Australopithecus has the morphology that is considered to be most similar to humans. Our ancestors’ footprints are enshrined in a place called Laetoli‚ where one can find footsteps dating back millions of years. The characteristics of these footprints are incredibly
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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 as our own species has been around. It is best known from the sites of Hadar‚ Ethiopia (‘Lucy’‚ AL 288-1 and the ’First Family’‚ AL 333); Dikika‚ Ethiopia (Dikika
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