Lucy
ObjectHominin Fossils and Species
A 3.2-million-year-old fossil skeleton discovered in Ethiopia.
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Lucy
- Hominin Fossils and Species
- Human Evolution and Hominins
Lucy, also known as AL 288-1 or Dinkʼinesh, is a collection of fossilized bones comprising 40% of the skeleton of a female Australopithecus afarensis. Discovered at Hadar, Ethiopia, in 1974 by paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson, she lived around 3.2 million years ago. Her skeleton combines a small skull with evidence of upright bipedal walking. Lucy became internationally famous and her original fossils returned to Ethiopia in 2013 after a United States tour.
- Species
- Australopithecus afarensis
- Discovery
- Discovered in 1974 at Hadar, Ethiopia
- Age
- Around 3.2 million years ago
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Lucy (hominid) (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q245388
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By 120. CC BY 2.5 · File page on Wikimedia Commons120, own picture worked with photoshopModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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- 770 median daily views (Wikimedia Pageviews API (all-access, user agent))
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