Fig. 3From: The Evolutionary History of the AustralopithsLucy. Partial skeleton of A. afarensis. This specimen, AL 288-1 (nicknamed “Lucy”), is more than three million years old and up until recently was the oldest reasonably complete hominin skeleton known to science. During life, she would have stood about three feet tall and weighed approximately 30 kilograms. Image and copyright courtesy of Eric DelsonBack to article page