Fossil:

A.L.288-1

Source: Casts of original fossil. American Museum of Natural History.

Site:

Afar locality
Hadar, Ethiopia (1)

Discovered By:

D. Johanson
1974 (1)

Estimated Age of Fossil:

3.18 mya
* determined by Stratigraphic, faunal, paleomagnetic & radiometric data (1, 4)

Species Name:

Australopithecus afarensis (1)

Gender:

Female (based on pelvic remains and small size) (1, 4)

Cranial Capacity:

Unknown cc (1)

Information:

47 of estimated 207 bones found (1)

Interpretation:

Adult (based on molar eruption and bone growth) (1, 3)
Bipedal (based on pelvis, lower limbs, footprints from A. afarensis at Laetoli) (1, 9)
Arboreal climber (based on skeletal evidence) (1, 9, 10)

Nickname:

Lucy (1)