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 cast) self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 (Australopithecus afarensis cast)
this entity surface form: Lucy fossil
Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis cast) represents Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis cast) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis)