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One of the oldest, best preserved and mo...

One of the oldest, best preserved and most complete hominid fossil commonly known as 'lucy' belongs to the genus

A

Australopithecus

B

Oreopithecus

C

Dryopithecus

D

Pithecanthropus.

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In 1881, Donald johnson, found a 3.2 milion. Years old skeleton of a female human ancestor. He nicknamed it Lucky's scientific name is Australopitheucs afranensis.
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