Question

Donald Johanson, Tom Gray, and others discovered a hominid that lived in east Africa and nicknamed her Lucy. What is the scientific name of Lucy and there existence in earth?

• A. 35 million years ago, Homo habilis
• B. 3.5 billion years ago, Homo africanus
• C. 5.5 million years ago, Australopithecus africanus
• D. 3.0 million years ago, Australopithecus afarensis
• E. 5.5 billion years ago, Australopithecus boisei

Answer 1

The correct option is D 3.0 million years ago, Australopithecus afarensis

Australopithecus afarensis is a primitive hominid that is supposed to be evolved directly from A. anamensis. One of its remarkable fossils was discovered in Ethiopia, Africa, 1974 by a team led by U.S. paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson. It was a complete 3.2-million-year-old skeleton and was nicknamed Lucy.