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Lucy was an adult female of about 25 years and was assigned to the species Australopithecus afarensis. About 40% of her skeleton was found, and her pelvis, femur (the upper leg bone) and tibia show her to have been bipedal, although there is evidence that afarensis was also partly arboreal (tree-dwelling).
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www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/lucy.html
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The first specimen of Lucy to be uncovered was a knee joint. At first this was judged to be a monkey; it was later labelled by Johanson as a hominid. Lucy is a 40% complete female skeleton...."
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www.talkorigins.org/faqs/knee-joint.html
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'Lucy', one of first hominid skeleton dated to be more than 3 million years old, was oldest hominid to be discovered. This confirmed transition of ape men to human like form. Lucy: The First Hominid Skeleton. ... The term "hominid" has a very flexible definition, generally meaning an erect-walking primate ... Lucy walked erect,
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www.buzzle.com/articles/lucy-the-first-hominid-skeleton...
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It is a Hominid--that is, an ape closely related to human beings. In terms of overall body size, brain size and skull shape, "Lucy" resembles a chimpanzee. ...
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www.wsu.edu:8001/vwsu/gened/learn-modules/top_longfor/timeline/afarensis/afarensis-a.html
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The female skeleton, nicknamed Ardi, is 4.4 million years old, 1.2 million years older than the skeleton of Lucy, or Australopithecus afarensis, the most famous and, until now, the earliest hominid skeleton ever found.
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www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/uoc--adl100109....
www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/uoc--adl100109.php
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Lucy is the name of the nearly complete skeleton of an Australopithecus afarensis. She was the first nearly complete skeleton recovered for the species, found in 1974 at the Afar Locality (AL) 228, a site in the Hadar archaeological region on the Afar ... Sculptor's Rendering of the Hominid Australopithecus afarensis...
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archaeology.about.com/od/lterms/qt/lucy.htm
archaeology.about.com/od/lterms/qt/lucy.htm
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Books under subject heading Lucy (Prehistoric hominid) ... Subject: Lucy (Prehistoric hominid) ... Lucy (Prehistoric hominid) Poetry (1 works...
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www.librarything.com/subject/Lucy+(Prehistoric+hominid)
www.librarything.com/subject/Lucy+(Prehistoric+hominid)
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"Lucy's Legacy" exhibit earns praise ... Lucy & Ida headline NYC exhibit ... Lucy's Story...
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www.asu.edu/clas/iho/lucy.html
www.asu.edu/clas/iho/lucy.html
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Don Johanson describes finding the knee joint in Hadar, Ethiopia, that first indicated a bipedal hominid had lived 3 million years ago. His subsequent expedition led to the discovery of Lucy, a 40 percent complete skeleton of a new species of hominid, now known as Australopithecus afarensis.
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