An extinct African hominin genus whose species combine different locomotor and feeding character mosaics.
A Pliocene hominin important to studies of the relationship between habitual bipedalism and retained climbing capabilities. Comparative analysis must account for age and growth. [ref]
Australopithecus afarensis scapular ontogeny, function, and the role of climbing in human evolution by David J. Green and others. Science 338, pp. 514–517; juvenile scapula and comparative growth patterns
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