Australopithecus afarensis

See also

Australopithecus

Resources

Resources about this species in general

Resources about the species in general, including those referring to 'Lucy' as an example of the species. For claims relating specifically to the 'Lucy' specimen, see below.

Claim CC052: Laetoli footprints were human

Brief response in the Index to Creationist Claims in the TalkOrigins Archive.

Creationists admit humans and Australopithecus are related

Answers in Genesis claim new Australopithecus fossil is human!

Posts by Adam Benton on his Filthy Monkey Men blog.

Lucy the knuckle walking ape? – Misguided Mondays

Lucy the knuckle walker? Answers in Genesis v EvoAnth (summary of rebuttal to response by Answers in Genesis)

Full rebuttal to response by Answers in Genesis:

Answers in Genesis vs EvoAnth #1

Answers in Genesis v Evoanth #2: The foramen magnum

Answers in Genesis v Evoanth #3: Lumbar lordosis

Answers in Genesis v EvoAnth #4: The wrist

Answers in Genesis v EvoAnth #5: The hip

Answers in Genesis v EvoAnth #6:The conclusion

Posts by Adam Benton on his Filthy Monkey Men blog (the second is a rebuttal to a response by Answers in Genesis to the first).

Answers in Genesis claims Gorillas have human feet

AiG & ICR double down on “gorillas have human feet”

Posts by Adam Benton on his Filthy Monkey Men blog about creationists' reaction to specimen AL 333-160 (a foot bone).

Resources specific to claims about the 'Lucy' specimen

Resources dealing with claims relating specifically to this specimen in particular

Creationist Lies About Lucy Revealed

Video in the How Creationism Taught Me Real Science series.

Lucy

Video in the How Creationism Taught Me Real Science series.

Correcting Creationists Redux…Was Lucy’s Pelvis Reconstruction A Fraud?

Post by Christopher O'Brien on his Northstate Science blog.

These apes were made for walking: the pelves of Australopithecus afarensis and Australopithecus africanus

Article by Matthew Murdock in the Journal of Creation. Note that this is a creationist publication but I'm including it here to show that even a creationist has tried to point out - in a creationist journal - that Lovejoy's reconstruction of Lucy's pelvis was not fraud.

Claim CC003: Lucy's knee was found far from the rest of the skeleton

Brief response in the Index to Creationist Claims in the TalkOrigins Archive.

Lucy's Knee Joint: A Case Study in Creationists' Willingness to Admit their Errors

Article by Jim Lippard in the TalkOrigins Archive.

Giving Creationists the Boot: Lucy’s Foot

A post on the Afarensis: Anthropology, Evolution, and Science blog in response to claims about Lucy's foot.