afarensis

Thus, according to Johanson, the most logical conclusion, based on the fossils’ mixture of australopithecine and early Homo features, was to assign the specimens to the genus Australopithecus; for the species name, he and White had created the term afarensis, based on the Afar region of Ethiopia.

Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

Thus, according to Johanson, the most logical conclusion, based on the fossils’ mixture of australopithecine and early Homo features, was to assign the specimens to the genus Australopithecus; for the species name, he and White had created the term afarensis, based on the Afar region of Ethiopia.

Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

But scientific nomenclature cannot just be wished away, and Mary was fated to hear the name Australopithecus afarensis for many years to come.

Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

But scientific nomenclature cannot just be wished away, and Mary was fated to hear the name Australopithecus afarensis for many years to come.

Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

Mr. HAILE-SELASSIE: If we had the teeth and the cranium, of course, people wouldn't have doubted our assignment of Kadanuumuu to Australopithecus afarensis, which is Lucy's species, because most traditionally, most of the classification is based on teeth and the cranium.

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The name Australopithecus afarensis was valid, he added, and it described not only Mary’s Laetoli hominid fossils but the creature who left the footprints as well.

Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

The name Australopithecus afarensis was valid, he added, and it described not only Mary’s Laetoli hominid fossils but the creature who left the footprints as well.

Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

A. afarensis still retained the well-muscled arms that would have been useful in trees, Potts noted.

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I expressed interest in the cover and title, and he told me it was a fascinating, exciting introduction to Australopithecus afarensis, and hominid evolution in general.

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So the exhibit walks visitors through the changing climate, environment, tools and proportions experienced by our predecessors on the planet, species like Homo erectus, from 1 million years ago, or Australopithecus afarensis, famed for the "Lucy" fossil from 3.3 million years ago.

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