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The 15 pages that link to Lucy (Australopithecus), each with the reason it gives.

• PaleontologyBroader topic: Her remains provided evidence about bipedalism in early human relatives.

• Human evolutionBroader topic: Her skeleton provided unusually clear evidence of early hominin bipedal anatomy.

• PaleoanthropologyBroader topic: Lucy’s skeleton provided landmark evidence about bipedalism in early hominins.

• Australopithecus afarensisBroader topic: This famous adult fossil preserves much of the species’ pelvis and limbs.

• AfricaBroader topic: Her discovery made eastern Africa central to popular understanding of human evolution.

• American Museum of Natural HistoryRelated: Her remains have featured in major museum exhibitions on human evolution.

• AustralopithecusBroader topic: Her preserved bones provide unusually direct evidence of australopith anatomy.

• Body massBroader topic: Her preserved limb bones help estimate the body mass of an early hominin.

• Taung ChildRelated: Lucy provides a later, much more complete australopith comparison to the Taung skull.

• Afar RegionBroader topic: Her discovery at Hadar gave Afar Region a landmark place in paleoanthropology.

• ArdiCompared with: Compared with Lucy, Ardi shows an earlier mix of bipedal and climbing adaptations.

• Human skeletonBroader topic: Her pelvis and leg bones provide influential evidence about early hominin bipedalism.

• Australopithecus deyiremedaRelated: Her species is the better-known hominin found in the same broad Afar region.

• National Museum of EthiopiaBroader topic: Her fossil remains are among the museum’s most famous exhibits.

• Sherwood WashburnRelated: Lucy’s anatomy made questions about bipedalism central to the evolutionary research program Washburn had promoted.