Australopithecus afarensis is an extinct species of australopithecine which lived from about 3.9–2.9 million years ago (mya) in the Pliocene of East Africa...

humans), Paranthropus, and Kenyanthropus evolved from some Australopithecus species. Australopithecus is a member of the subtribe Australopithecina, which sometimes...

40 percent of the skeleton of a female of the hominin species Australopithecus afarensis. It was discovered in 1974 in Ethiopia, at Hadar, a site in the...

Kenya. It is usually accepted that A. afarensis emerged within this lineage. However, A. anamensis and A. afarensis appear to have lived side by side for...

fossilized skull and other skeletal remains of a three-year-old Australopithecus afarensis female hominin, whose bones were first found in Dikika, Ethiopia...

Paranthropus. African archaeology Australopithecus afarensis – Extinct hominid from the Pliocene of East Africa Australopithecus sediba – Two-million-year-old...

African archaeology Ardipithecus ramidus Australopithecus anamensis Australopithecus afarensis Australopithecus deyiremeda Kenyanthropus List of fossil...

apparently more marked in A. sediba than the more ancient A. afarensis, and if A. afarensis is ancestral to A. sediba, this could indicate an adaptive shift...

if moved to genus Australopithecus because Australopithecus aethiopicus is already a junior synonym of Australopithecus afarensis. Such a classification...

evidenced by morphological characteristics found in Australopithecus anamensis and Australopithecus afarensis forelimbs, and that it is less parsimonious to...

their greater age (all predating Australopithecus). At the time Kenyanthropus was discovered, Australopithecus afarensis was the only recognised australopithecine...

afarensis skeleton strongly reflect bipedalism, to the extent that some researchers have suggested that bipedality evolved long before A. afarensis....

width, and foot angle, and determined that A. afarensis was more human-like in gait than ape-like. A. afarensis is an obligate bipedal hominin with the beginnings...

suggested that the same was also true for the significantly earlier Australopithecus afarensis. Sexual dimorphism is difficult to measure in extinct species...

period various forms of australopiths existed, including Australopithecus anamensis, Au. afarensis, Au. sediba, and Au. africanus. There is still some debate...

recovered and was later described as the first known member of Australopithecus afarensis. Johanson was astonished to find so much of her skeleton all at...

Australopithecina Australopithecus Australopithecus africanus Australopithecus deyiremeda Australopithecus garhi Australopithecus sediba Australopithecus afarensis (=Praeanthropus...

Several species, including Australopithecus garhi, Australopithecus sediba, Australopithecus africanus, and Australopithecus afarensis, have been proposed as...

earlier A. afarensis which inhabited the same region, based mainly on dental similarities. Though they assigned the species to Australopithecus, the original...

doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330720104. PMID 3103460. Heslip, Steven (2001). "Australopithecus anamensis". Archived from the original on June 8, 2011.[self-published...

around 7 million years ago, including Sahelanthropus, Australopithecus africanus, A. afarensis, Homo erectus, H. habilis and H. ergaster, the earliest...

normal range of variation for A. afarensis. If it is a valid species, then it could possibly indicate some A. afarensis specimens are currently classified...

ages. They are generally thought to be members of the species Australopithecus afarensis. There are multiple theories about the hominids' cause of death...

Afar, was the site of the discovery in 1973 – 74 of "Lucy", the Australopithecus afarensis skeletal remains, by Donald Johanson of the Cleveland Museum of...

that lived 3.9 to 2.9 million years ago. Compared to modern apes, A. afarensis and A. africanus have much smaller molars and canines, but they are still...

between Australopithecus afarensis and H. erectus, and there have been suggestions to re-classify it within genus Australopithecus, as Australopithecus habilis...

PMID 30655349. Latimer B, Lovejoy CO (March 1989). "The calcaneus of Australopithecus afarensis and its implications for the evolution of bipedality". American...

million year old stone tools. The stone tools may have been made by Australopithecus afarensis, the species whose best fossil example is Lucy, which inhabited...

pelvis, hands and feet, more complete than the previously known Australopithecus afarensis specimen called "Lucy". In all, 125 different pieces of fossilized...

platyops Australopithecus† Australopithecus bahrelghazali Australopithecus anamensis Australopithecus afarensis Australopithecus africanus Australopithecus garhi...