Australopithecus afarensis
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| Australopithecus afarensis ("Lucy") Temporal range: Pliocene |
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| Picture of Lucy remains replica, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Subfamily: | Homininae |
| Genus: | Australopithecus |
| Species: | A. afarensis |
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| †Australopithecus afarensis Johanson & White, 1978 |
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Australopithecus afarensis is an extinct hominid. It lived between 3.9 and 2.9 million years ago. A. afarensis is similar to the younger Australopithecus africanus. It had a thin build. It has been thought that A. afarensis was an ancestor to both the genus Australopithecus and the genus Homo. Homo includes the modern human species, Homo sapiens.[1][2].
References [change]
- ↑ Johanson 1981, p. 283-297
- ↑ Jones, S. Martin; & R. Pilbeam (ed.) (2004). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution (8th ed.).Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-46786-1
