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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis cast) canonical | 1 |
| Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis) | 1 |
| Lucy fossil | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2111464 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis cast) Context triple: [Cleveland Museum of Natural History, hasNotableSpecimen, Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis cast)]
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Australopithecus africanus
Australopithecus africanus is an early hominin species from southern Africa, dating to about 3–2 million years ago, that exhibits a mix of ape-like and human-like traits and is important for understanding human evolution.
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Lucy
"Lucy" is a 2014 science fiction action film directed by Luc Besson, in which Scarlett Johansson plays a woman who gains extraordinary mental and physical abilities after a drug enters her system.
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Lucy
Lucy Hawking is a British journalist, novelist, and educator best known for her children’s science books co-written with her father, physicist Stephen Hawking.
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Pan troglodytes
Pan troglodytes, commonly known as the common chimpanzee, is a highly intelligent great ape native to the forests and savannas of central and West Africa and one of humans’ closest living relatives.
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E.
Naamah
Naamah is a woman mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the Ammonite mother of King Rehoboam of Judah.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis cast) Target entity description: 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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A.
Australopithecus africanus
Australopithecus africanus is an early hominin species from southern Africa, dating to about 3–2 million years ago, that exhibits a mix of ape-like and human-like traits and is important for understanding human evolution.
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B.
Lucy
"Lucy" is a 2014 science fiction action film directed by Luc Besson, in which Scarlett Johansson plays a woman who gains extraordinary mental and physical abilities after a drug enters her system.
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C.
Lucy
Lucy Hawking is a British journalist, novelist, and educator best known for her children’s science books co-written with her father, physicist Stephen Hawking.
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D.
Pan troglodytes
Pan troglodytes, commonly known as the common chimpanzee, is a highly intelligent great ape native to the forests and savannas of central and West Africa and one of humans’ closest living relatives.
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E.
Naamah
Naamah is a woman mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the Ammonite mother of King Rehoboam of Judah.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fossil cast
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replica ⓘ |
| approximateAge | 3.2 million years ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
East African paleoanthropology
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human origins exhibits ⓘ |
| basedOn |
AL 288-1 fossil remains
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original Lucy fossil ⓘ |
| category |
museum object
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paleoanthropological replica ⓘ teaching specimen ⓘ |
| context | human evolution education ⓘ |
| demonstrates |
pelvic and leg morphology consistent with bipedalism
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upright posture capability ⓘ |
| depicts | partial hominin skeleton ⓘ |
| displayedIn | various museums and educational institutions ⓘ |
| exhibitsFeature |
ape-like and human-like traits
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bipedal adaptations ⓘ small body size ⓘ |
| helpsExplain |
early stages of hominin skeletal evolution
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transition from arboreal to terrestrial locomotion ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general public
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researchers ⓘ students ⓘ |
| materialType | casting material ⓘ |
| purpose |
to illustrate early hominin anatomy
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to make the original fossil accessible without risk of damage ⓘ |
| relatedField |
evolutionary biology
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paleoanthropology ⓘ physical anthropology ⓘ |
| relatedTo | original Lucy discovery in Hadar, Ethiopia ⓘ |
| represents |
Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis cast)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis)
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| representsIndividual | AL 288-1 ⓘ |
| representsSpecies | Australopithecus afarensis ⓘ |
| representsTaxon | Australopithecus afarensis ⓘ |
| scientificSignificance |
evidence for early human bipedalism
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evidence for early human evolution ⓘ |
| temporalContext | Pliocene epoch ⓘ |
| usedFor |
education
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public display ⓘ research reference ⓘ |
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Subject: Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis cast) Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (3)
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