Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis) fossil

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf fossil specimen
Australopithecus afarensis specimen
gptkbp:age about 3.2 million years
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:AL_288-1
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:National_Museum_of_Ethiopia
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Donald_Johanson
gptkb:Tom_Gray
gptkbp:discoveredIn gptkb:Hadar,_Ethiopia
1974
gptkbp:displayedAt replica displayed in museums worldwide
gptkbp:fossil partial skeleton
gptkbp:height about 1.1 meters
gptkbp:hominin true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis) fossil
gptkbp:nickname named after the Beatles song 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'
gptkbp:sex female
gptkbp:significance one of the oldest and most complete hominid fossils
gptkbp:skeletalCompleteness about 40%
gptkbp:species gptkb:Australopithecus_afarensis
gptkbp:walkedUpright true
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Afar_Depression
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7