Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis cast)

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Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis cast) is a replica of the famous 3.2-million-year-old hominin fossil that provides key evidence for early human bipedalism and evolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fossil cast ⓘ
replica ⓘ
approximateAge 3.2 million years ⓘ
associatedWith East African paleoanthropology ⓘ
human origins exhibits ⓘ
basedOn AL 288-1 fossil remains ⓘ
original Lucy fossil ⓘ
category museum object ⓘ
paleoanthropological replica ⓘ
teaching specimen ⓘ
context human evolution education ⓘ
demonstrates pelvic and leg morphology consistent with bipedalism ⓘ
upright posture capability ⓘ
depicts partial hominin skeleton ⓘ
displayedIn various museums and educational institutions ⓘ
exhibitsFeature ape-like and human-like traits ⓘ
bipedal adaptations ⓘ
small body size ⓘ
helpsExplain early stages of hominin skeletal evolution ⓘ
transition from arboreal to terrestrial locomotion ⓘ
intendedAudience general public ⓘ
researchers ⓘ
students ⓘ
materialType casting material ⓘ
purpose to illustrate early hominin anatomy ⓘ
to make the original fossil accessible without risk of damage ⓘ
relatedField evolutionary biology ⓘ
paleoanthropology ⓘ
physical anthropology ⓘ
relatedTo original Lucy discovery in Hadar, Ethiopia ⓘ
represents Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis) ⓘ
representsIndividual AL 288-1 ⓘ
representsSpecies Australopithecus afarensis ⓘ
representsTaxon Australopithecus afarensis ⓘ
scientificSignificance evidence for early human bipedalism ⓘ
evidence for early human evolution ⓘ
temporalContext Pliocene epoch ⓘ
usedFor education ⓘ
public display ⓘ
research reference ⓘ

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Cleveland Museum of Natural History → hasNotableSpecimen → Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis cast) ⓘ
National Museum of Ethiopia → exhibits → Lucy fossil ⓘ
linked to: Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis cast)
Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis cast) → represents → Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis) ⓘ
linked to: Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis cast)
Lucy → namedAfter → Lucy fossil (Australopithecus afarensis skeleton) ⓘ
linked to: Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis cast)