More recent discoveries (2005) in the northeastern Afar region of Ethiopia have pushed back the envelope another million years. Bruce Latimer, director of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, claims to have found the world's oldest bipedal. The remains include a complete tibia, parts of a thigh, ankle bone, ribs, vertebrae, collarbone, pelvis and shoulder blade. The team believe their find predates Lucy by almost 1m years.
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Australopithecus afarensis-A.L. 288-1 "Lucy" was
discovered by Donald Johanson in 1974 in Ethiopia. Dated at 3.2 million
years, Lucy has been considered the first human. This is now being challenged
by the discovery of Kenyanthropus, described in 2001 by Leaky. This reconstruction
is based on the latest scientific data including photos, descriptions
and casts of original bones.
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| This jaw was discovered by Donald Johanson in 1974 in Ethiopia. It belongs to the well known "Lucy" skeleton. |  |
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The australopithecines are known only from Africa and are believed to
be the earliest known true hominids. None has ever been found in Europe
or Asia. They had ape-sized brains; their average cranial capacity ranged
from 413 to 530 cc. They had strong jaws with large teeth. Like modern gorillas
the adult males were much larger than the females. The babies probably took
approximately the same length of time to grow up as a modern chimpanzee
and gorilla. Size: 8"L, 6"W, 7 1/4"H Origin: Africa Age: 3.6 to 2.9 million years ago |
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