Sentences with phrase «afarensis by»

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«Lucy's baby», an Australopithecus afarensis girl who lived 3.3 million years ago, had a hyoid bulla; but by the time Homo heidelbergensis arrived on the scene 600,000 years ago, air sacs were a thing of the past.

The cut marks had clearly been made using a sharp stone, and they were at a site that was used by Lucy's species, Australopithecus afarensis.

Most agree that Lucy's foot and mode of walking were already quite modern, thanks to a few 3.2 - million - year - old foot bones from A. afarensis adults, a 3.3 - million - year - old infant, and 3.7 - million - year - old footprints in Tanzania, thought to be made by the same species.

afarensis being dragged down by a giant otter,» says vertebrate paleontologist Lars Werdelin at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm.

These are thought to have been made by three members of the hominin species Australopithecus afarensis — the same species as the famous «Lucy» from Ethiopia — around 3.66 million years ago.

afarensis, concluding that these early hominins showed human - like sexual dimorphism and were therefore characterised by a monogamous mating system.

The problem has been compounded by the Institute for Creation Research's use of the name «Lucy» to refer to both the species Australopithecus afarensis and the individual «Lucy,» as ICR Museum director John Rajca did on the June 18, 1994 segment of the ICR's «Science, Scripture and Salvation» radio program.

Australopithecus afarensis, «Lucy»: «beset by many problems and mounting controversy».

The Ledi - Geraru jawbone provides insight to developmental changes in the jaw and teeth in Homo only 200,000 years after the last known occurrence of Australopithecus afarensis - made famous by the 1974 discovery of «Lucy» in the nearby Ethiopian site of Hadar.

I am nowadays more convinced than I formerly was by the arguments of the «obligate terrestrial school»; for example Latimer (1991) lists quite a number of features of the lower limb that resemble the human condition and no other, such as that the hallux (big toe) of A. afarensis is not abductable as would be required for grasping.

Further information on Australopithecus afarensis and Homo erectus can be found by visiting the timeline, the Human Lineage Through Time, on this website and clicking on their names.

There are full size dioramas of Australopithecus afarensis, Homo erectus, Neandertals, and Ice - age modern humans, along with panoramic paintings by artist Jay Matternes.