"Lucy" redux: A review of research on Australopithecus afarensis

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 140, Issue SUPPL. 49, 2009, Pages 2-48

  Kimbel, William H ^a   Delezene, Lucas K ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecus afarensis; Hadar; Laetoli; Pliocene hominin evolution

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; APE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; CANINE TOOTH; CHIMPANZEE; CHRONOLOGY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTITION; DIETARY INTAKE; DURA MATER; ETHIOPIA; EVOLUTION; FACE; FEMUR; FIBULA; FOOT; FOSSIL; FOSSIL HOMININ; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOLOGY; HAND; HOMINID; HUMAN; HUMERUS; HYOID BONE; INCISOR; LOCOMOTION; MANDIBLE; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; PALATE; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PELVIS; PHYLOGENY; PLESIOMORPHY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RADIUS; RIB; SCAPULA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SKELETON; SKULL; SKULL BASE; TANZANIA; TAXON; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TIBIA; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; ULNA; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; FOSSILS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOMINIDAE; LOCOMOTION; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL; TOOTH;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS;

EID: 70449674404     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21183     Document Type: Article

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