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

Oreopithecus

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Dryopithecus

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Pithecanthropus

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Australopithecus

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The correct option is D Australopithecus
Australopithecines are the direct immediate ancestors of genus Homo. One of the most important species was A. afarensis. Many fossils of A. afarensis skeletal remains have been discovered in Africa. A remarkably complete skeleton, Lucy, was found in Ethiopia in 1974 by a team led by U.S.paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson
So, the correct answer is 'Australopithecus'

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