Passaic County Technical Institute

BIOLOGY honors

Australopithecus Afarensis (“Lucy”) [3.9 – 3.0 mya (million years ago)]
2. Our ancient ancestor from _________________ generations ago is Australopithecus Afarensis.
3. For Afarensis, like apes of any time, filling up with ______________ is an important part of the
morning.
4. What sets Afarensis apart from any other apes before them?
5. How old is Lucy?
6. Afarensis has a territory like modern _____________ which is about _______ square miles.
7. Lucy, a female Afarensis is just over a _____________ tall.
8. Over a period going back 8 million years, the landscape of Africa changed so much that some
tree-swinging apes were forced to evolve (change over time). They were forced to spend more
time _____________________________.
9. Using 2 feet and being upright allows Lucy to stand ________________ and see
__________________.
10. One of the main advantages of walking upright has to do with raising _________________.
11. In __________, in Afar, Ethiopia scientists will dig up Lucy’s fossilized bones and name her after
the song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” by ________________________.