Australopithecus afarensis
-some anthropologists proposed that this species evolved from the Dryopithecine in Africa at least 4 mya.
- fist found fossils. at afar triangle at the north of ethiopia by dr.donald and his team,later on at omo region and also fossils of footprint at leoatcli in tanzania found by mary leakey.
- overall anatomy of this hominid sitt like chimpenzee