The nickname of Australopithecus afarensis is "Lucy."
The nickname of the hominid found by Donald Johanson is "Lucy." Lucy is an Australopithecus afarensis fossil discovered in Ethiopia in 1974 and is one of the most significant finds in the field of paleoanthropology.
Australopithecus is a latin name.Australopithecus literally means "southern ape". "Austral" southern or South from Latin and "pithecus" from "pithēkos" meaning "ape" in greek. The name now applies to many different species besides africanus including Australopithecus anamensis, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus garhi, Australopithecus boisei, Australopithecus robustus and Australopithecus sediba.
they did a burial
The nickname of the first early hominid found is "Lucy." Lucy is the most famous specimen of Australopithecus afarensis, an extinct hominid species that lived over 3 million years ago in Africa.
A famous name of an australopithicus is 'Lucy', discovered by Tom Gray and Donald Johanson. The name arrived from their celebrating, they listened to 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' so they decided to name the australopithicus Lucy.
Did Australopithecus Celebrate? If so how did they celebrate?
the Australopithecus were five feet tall
The plural form of Australopithecus is Australopithecines.
The Australopithecus Africanus were Russovores.
Australopithecus was about the size and strength of a chimpanzee.
Homo habilis and Homo erectus are thought to have coexisted with Australopithecus robustus and Australopithecus boisei.