Australopithecus afarensis
= Australopithecus afarensis
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A <Pliocene> <hominin> important to studies of the relationship between habitual <bipedalism> and retained climbing capabilities. Comparative analysis must account for age and growth. <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]{ref}