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"Lucy" is the common name of ___.

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Australopithecus afarensis
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Ramapithecus
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Dryopithecus
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Homo neanderthalensis
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The correct option is A Australopithecus afarensis
In the year 1974, Donald Johanson discovered an Australopithecus skeleton in the Afar region (Ethiopia). This was scientifically called Australopithecus afarensis and commonly, as “Lucy” (it was identified to be a female skeleton).

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