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One of the oldest, best preserved and most complete hominid fossil commonly known as ‘Lucy’ belongs to the genus

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Oreopithecus

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Dryopithecus

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Ramapithecus

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Australopithecus

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The correct option is D
Australopithecus

Donald Johanson in 1974 discovered fossilised partial skeleton belonging to a hominid female from Ethiopia in Africa and named it ‘Lucy’. The scientific name of Lucy is Australopithecus afarensis.

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