Australopithecus Afarensis

Homo Australopithecus afarensis - Lucy

The name comes from Latin and it means southern ape. "australis" means southern and "pithekos" means ape.

Australopithecus was the beginning of human beings. Lucy lived in Africa 3 to 4 million years ago.

Lucy's brain was much smaller than ours.

They were 3 to 4 feet tall.They were small.They were very hairy.

Lucy walked on two feet (biped), making Lucy like humans today.

Lucy's super power!!!!!!!

Lucy's super power is that she was a biped and her arms were free to carry food and defend herself.

Lucy didn't have tools or technology like us,that came much much later.

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Lucy communicatedwith grunts.