Non-australopithecine members of the human lineage (hominins) include Sahelanthropus tchadensis (7–6 mya), Orrorin tugenensis (6 mya), Ardipithecus kadabba (5.8–5.2 mya), and Ar. Reconstructed replica of the skull of “Lucy,” a 3.2-million-year-old. Australopithecus afarensis (Lucy) cast - Naturmuseum Senckenberg - DSC02089.JPG 3,240 × 4,320; 4.42 MB. Several other anatomical characteristics of Ar. https://www.alamy.com/prehistory-paleolithic-lucy-common-name-of-al-288-1-female-australopithecus-image60499758.html. Updates? Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). 3.9-2.9 millions year ago. Model of human ancestor skull (Australopithecus afarensis) on a hand. He put a Beatles cassette in the tape player, and when Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds came on, one of the group said he should call the skeleton Lucy. Taung Child. Lucy is the most famous fossil of the species Australopithecus afarensis, and was found in Ethiopia in 1974. The National Museum of Ethiopia. Ethiopia. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Australopithecus, Maropeng and Sterkfontein Caves - Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site - Australopithecus. Photo: Silas Stein/dpa, https://www.alamy.com/14-november-2018-hessen-frankfurtmain-a-replica-of-the-skeleton-lucy-can-be-found-in-a-showcase-in-the-senckenberg-museum-the-us-palaeoanthropologist-johanson-discovered-the-australopithecus-afarensis-skeletal-remains-44-years-ago-in-ethiopia-the-skeleton-lucy-was-long-regarded-as-the-oldest-evidence-of-the-upright-gait-of-our-ancestors-photo-silas-steindpa-image224864794.html, Australopithecus afarensis (Lucy) cast - Naturmuseum Senckenberg -, https://www.alamy.com/australopithecus-afarensis-lucy-cast-naturmuseum-senckenberg-image233348983.html, https://www.alamy.com/lucy-es-el-esqueleto-de-un-homnido-perteneciente-a-la-especie-australopithecus-afarensis-de-32-millones-de-aos-museo-nacional-de-etiopia-addi-image261764240.html, Australopithecus afarensis (Lucy) cast Naturmuseum Senckenberg DSC02089, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-australopithecus-afarensis-lucy-cast-naturmuseum-senckenberg-dsc02089-170104480.html, Dr. Zeresenay Alemseged Lemseged (2ndR), of the California Academy of Sciences, directs U.S. President Barack Obama (R) to touch a fossilized vertebra of Lucy, an early human, before a State Dinner in Obama's honor at the National Palace in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia July 27, 2015. The paleoanthropologist discovered the Australopithecus afarensis skeletal remains 44 years ago in Ethiopia. National Archaeological Museum, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-australopithecus-afarensis-lucy-adult-female-skeleton-32-milion-years-125387376.html, Human evolution - Comparison Of The Skeletons of 'Lucy' Australopithecus afarensis, 'Nariokotome Boy' Homo ergaster and Neanderthal Man, https://www.alamy.com/human-evolution-comparison-of-the-skeletons-of-lucy-australopithecus-afarensis-nariokotome-boy-homo-ergaster-and-neanderthal-man-image260874883.html, replica of the 3.5 million year old skeleton of Lucy, National museum of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-replica-of-the-35-million-year-old-skeleton-of-lucy-national-museum-36790917.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-lucy-australopithecus-afarensis-52285093.html, corpus reconstruction of Lucy, female of the hominin species Australopithecus afarensis, living 3, 2 million years ago in the Awash Valley in, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-corpus-reconstruction-of-lucy-female-of-the-hominin-species-australopithecus-132956860.html, Australopithecus afarensis male hominid model in Leba Park (prehistoric theme park), Poland, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-australopithecus-afarensis-male-hominid-model-in-leba-park-prehistoric-39376750.html, Replica of Lucy skeleton (Australopithecus afarensis) at Prehistoric Museum of Pofi, Lazio, Italy, https://www.alamy.com/replica-of-lucy-skeleton-australopithecus-afarensis-at-prehistoric-museum-of-pofi-lazio-italy-image237707622.html. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. Female Australopithecus afarensis. Anthropology, boy standing behind a cabinet displaying the skeleton of Lucy, also called Dinknesh (Australopithecus afarensis), https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-anthropology-boy-standing-behind-a-cabinet-displaying-the-skeleton-21240625.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-lucy-australopithecus-afarensis-52285077.html, Germany, Sekenberg Museum, Lucy reconstruction, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-germany-sekenberg-museum-lucy-reconstruction-11933013.html, Skeleton of Lucy Australopithecus afarensis, https://www.alamy.com/skeleton-of-lucy-australopithecus-afarensis-image345438851.html, https://www.alamy.com/lucy-es-el-esqueleto-de-un-homnido-perteneciente-a-la-especie-australopithecus-afarensis-de-32-millones-de-aos-museo-nacional-de-etiopia-addi-image261764371.html, https://www.alamy.com/lucy-australopithecus-afarensis-image345159490.html, The National Museum in Addis Abeba city, Etiopia. In 2001 these fossils were described as the earliest known hominin. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst, https://www.alamy.com/dr-zeresenay-alemseged-lemseged-2ndr-of-the-california-academy-of-sciences-directs-us-president-barack-obama-r-to-touch-a-fossilized-vertebra-of-lucy-an-early-human-before-a-state-dinner-in-obamas-honor-at-the-national-palace-in-addis-ababa-ethiopia-july-27-2015-lucy-is-the-most-famous-fossil-of-the-species-australopithecus-afarensis-and-was-found-in-ethiopia-in-1974-reutersjonathan-ernst-image372320477.html, The National Museum in Addis Abeba city, Etiopia. Please select which sections you would like to print: Corrections? The teeth have thick enamel, like the teeth of all later hominins but unlike those of Ar. The National Museum is home to Lucy (Dinqnesh), probably the most famous skeleton of a hominid in t, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-national-museum-in-addis-abeba-city-etiopia-the-national-museum-130930707.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-image-lucy-australopithecus-afarensis-skull-162493286.html, https://www.alamy.com/the-remains-of-one-of-the-earliest-human-ancestors-lucy-on-display-within-the-national-museum-of-ethiopia-addis-ababa-ethiopia-image249019207.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-image-lucy-australopithecus-afarensis-skull-162493283.html, https://www.alamy.com/human-evolution-digital-illustration-homo-erectus-australopithecussapiens-image218526073.html, 'Lucy' Australopithecus afarensis vs Homo sapiens, https://www.alamy.com/lucy-australopithecus-afarensis-vs-homo-sapiens-image68503140.html, https://www.alamy.com/fossil-of-an-ancient-australopithecus-afarensis-referred-to-as-lucy-image377032930.html, Danish woman posing beside the corpus reconstruction of Lucy, female of the hominin species Australopithecus afarensis, living 3, 2 million years ago, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-danish-woman-posing-beside-the-corpus-reconstruction-of-lucy-female-133157333.html, https://www.alamy.com/skeleton-dinknesh-image67320426.html, Australopithecus Africanus. Ce fossile est daté de 3,18 millions d'années. They were similar to modern humans in that they were bipedal (that is, they walked on two legs), but, like apes, they had small brains. Photo: Silas Stein/dpa 14 November 2018, Hessen, Frankfurt/Main: The American paleoanthropologist and discoverer of the skeleton 'Lucy', Donald C. Johanson, speaks to journalists during a press conference at the Senckenberg Museum. Adult female skeleton. Identifying the earliest member of the human tribe (Hominini) is difficult because the predecessors of modern humans become increasingly apelike as the fossil record is followed back through time. In contrast, remains older than six million years are widely regarded to be those of fossil apes. The genus name, meaning “southern ape,” refers to the first fossils found, which were discovered in South Africa. Natural Science Museum - Muse - Trento,I, https://www.alamy.com/australopithecus-afarensis-reconstruction-the-southern-ape-which-lived-from-38-to-29-million-years-ago-natural-science-museum-muse-trentoi-image345587410.html, Skeleton of Hominids 'Lucy' left and Nariokotome Boy right, https://www.alamy.com/stock-image-skeleton-of-hominids-lucy-left-and-nariokotome-boy-right-160129259.html. The pelvis is a mix of ape and human traits; it appears to be broader, shorter, and narrower than an ape’s pelvis and reminiscent of a bipedal pelvis. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Stammesgeschichte der Menschheit, Evolution der Menschen, Stammbaum des Menschen, Sch‰delreplik von Australopithecus afarensis (Lucy). Lucy, ou Dinqnesh (ge'ez : ድንቅ ነሽ), parfois écrit Dinknesh, est le surnom donné au fossile de l'espèce éteinte Australopithecus afarensis découvert en 1974 sur le site de Hadar, en Éthiopie, par une équipe de recherche internationale. First discovered in 1974, the discovery was remarkably 'complete' - 40 per cent of her skeleton was found intact, rather than just a handful of incomplete and damaged fossils that usually make up remains of a similar age. The skeleton of Lucy lies hidden away from the public in a specially constructed safe in the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, not far from where she was discovered. Ethiopia. Lucy. Natural Science Museum - Muse - Trento. Lucy has been honoured with a Google Doodle on the 41st anniversary of her discovery, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. The foot is notably apelike with elongated toes and a fully divergent great toe for moving about in trees. A copy of Lucy's skeleton, displayed in the Musee de l'Homme in Paris. A selection of locations in sub-Saharan Africa where hominid fossils have been found. A badly crushed and distorted cranium found at Lomekwi on the western shore of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya in 1998 was assigned to a new genus and species, “human from Kenya,” Kenyanthropus platyops (3.5 mya). Lucy still lives in Ethiopia, near to where she was found. Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription. 2,3 milions years ago. However, there is one tooth mark from a carnivore on the top of her left pubic bone - but it's not known whether this happened before she died, or whether she was bitten after. The upper limb differs from that of modern humans. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-skeleton-of-lucy-housed-in-the-national-museum-of-addis-ababa-15651628.html, https://www.alamy.com/australopithecus-afarensis-reconstruction-the-southern-ape-which-lived-from-38-to-29-million-years-ago-natural-science-museum-muse-trentoi-image345586789.html, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa, musea, National museum of Ethiopia, Lucy, https://www.alamy.com/addis-ababa-ethiopia-africa-musea-national-museum-of-ethiopia-lucy-image66691051.html, CosmoCaixa - Science Museum, Barcelona, Spain, https://www.alamy.com/cosmocaixa-science-museum-barcelona-spain-image273608992.html, 24 MARCH 2017, VIENNA, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, AUSTRIA: The skeleton of a prehistoric man and an anthropoid ape in the museum hall, https://www.alamy.com/24-march-2017-vienna-museum-of-natural-history-austria-the-skeleton-of-a-prehistoric-man-and-an-anthropoid-ape-in-the-museum-hall-image348333822.html, 14 November 2018, Hessen, Frankfurt/Main: A replica of the skeleton 'Lucy' can be found in a showcase in the Senckenberg Museum. Lucy. Like later hominins, it has teeth with thick molar enamel, but, unlike humans, it has distinctively apelike canine and premolar teeth. anamensis, which was discovered in northern Kenya near Lake Turkana at Kanapoi and Allia Bay. ramidus, which have apelike thin enamel. A number of other plaster casts of Lucy's remains are dotted around the world. 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.