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Selam (Australopithecus)

Selam (DIK-1/1) is the fossilized skull and other skeletal remains of a three-year-old Australopithecus afarensis female hominin, whose bones were first found in Dikika, in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia in 2000 and recovered over the following years. Although she has often been nicknamed Lucy's baby, the specimen has been dated at 3.3 million…

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Age
c. 3.3 million years
Catalog no.
DIK-1/1
Common name
Selam
Date discovered
2000
Discovered by
Zeresenay Alemseged
Place discovered
Dikika, Afar Depression, Ethiopia

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Selam (Australopithecus)

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Avg. degree1.93
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Selam (Australopithecus)

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Age · 1
Selam (Australopithecus) → c. 3.3 million years
Catalog no. · 1
Selam (Australopithecus) → DIK-1/1
Common name · 1
Selam (Australopithecus) → Selam
Date discovered · 1
Selam (Australopithecus) → 2000
Discovered by · 1
Selam (Australopithecus) → Zeresenay Alemseged
Place discovered · 1
Selam (Australopithecus) → Dikika, Afar Depression, Ethiopia
Species · 1
Selam (Australopithecus) → Australopithecus afarensis

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selam ethiopia afarensis dikika australopithecus lucy years skull baby hominin skeletal female found lucy's specimen evolution also discovered zeresenay alemseged

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Selam (Australopithecus)Agec. 3.3 million years1.00infobox
Selam (Australopithecus)Catalog no.DIK-1/11.00infobox
Selam (Australopithecus)Common nameSelam1.00infobox
Selam (Australopithecus)Date discovered20001.00infobox
Selam (Australopithecus)Discovered byZeresenay Alemseged1.00infobox
Selam (Australopithecus)Place discoveredDikika, Afar Depression, Ethiopia1.00infobox
Selam (Australopithecus)SpeciesAustralopithecus afarensis1.00infobox

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