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Australopithecus afarensis

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This is an in-depth account of the fossil skull anatomy and evolutionary significance of the 3.6-3.0 million year old early human species Australopithecus afarensis. Knowledge of this species is pivotal to understanding early human evolution, because 1) the sample of fossil remains of A. afarensis is among the most extensive for any early human species, and the majority of remains are of taxonomically informative skulls and teeth; 2) the wealth of material makes A. afarensis an indispensable point of reference for the interpretation of other fossil discoveries; 3) the species occupies a time period that is the focus of current research to determine when, where, and why the human lineage first diversified into separate contemporaneous lines of descent.

Australopithecus afarensis. --- Skull. --- Craniology. --- Physical anthropology --- Brain case --- Braincase --- Brainpan --- Cranium --- Fontanel --- Fontanelle --- Bones --- Skeleton --- Head --- Australopithecines --- Fossil hominids --- Australopithecus afarensis --- Crâne --- Craniologie --- Australopithecus afarensis., --- lemac

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Australopithecus afarensis --- Fossil hominids --- Lucy (Prehistoric hominid) --- Early man --- Fossil hominins --- Fossil man --- Hominids, Fossil --- Hominins, Fossil --- Human fossils --- Human remains (Archaeology) --- Primates, Fossil --- Paleoanthropology --- Australopithecines --- Australopithecus afarensis. --- Lucy (Prehistoric hominid).

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This volume describes a 3.6 million-years-old partial skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis from the Woranso-Mille, central Afar, Ethiopia. This specimen is the first adult partial skeleton to be recovered since Lucy’s (A.L. 288-1) discovery in 1974. It is older than Lucy by 400,000 years and sheds light on the paleobiology of earlyAustralopithecus afarensis, particularly the morphology of the shoulder girdle and thoracic shape, which are thus far poorly understood and actively debated. The fauna associated with the partial skeleton tells us enormously about Au. afarensis paleoecology and give us another piece of the puzzle regarding habitat availability and use for Au. afarensis outside the Hadar region where it has been well-known for the last four decades.

Paleontology --- Geology --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Australopithecus afarensis --- Anatomy. --- Australopithecines --- Fossil hominids --- Paleontology . --- Anthropology. --- Archaeology. --- Evolution (Biology). --- Paleontology. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Human beings --- Fossilogy --- Fossilology --- Palaeontology --- Paleontology, Zoological --- Paleozoology --- Historical geology --- Zoology --- Fossils --- Prehistoric animals in motion pictures --- Evolutionary biology. --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences