Selam (Australopithecus)
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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, Ethiopia in 2000 and recovered over the following years.[1] Although she has often been nicknamed Lucy's baby, the specimen has been dated at 3.3 million years ago, approximately 100,000 years older than "Lucy" (dated to about 3.2 mya).
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Catalog no. | DIK-1/1 |
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Common name | Selam |
Species | Australopithecus afarensis |
Age | c. 3.3 million years |
Place discovered | Dikika, Afar Depression, Ethiopia |
Date discovered | 2000 |
Discovered by | Zeresenay Alemseged |
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