Lucy

fossilized skeleton of a female Australopithecus afarensis
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Lucy

Summary

Lucy is an individual animal[1]. Lucy was born on -3200000-00-00T00:00:00Z[2]. Lucy died on -3200000-00-00T00:00:00Z[3]. Lucy ranks in the top 2% of individual_animal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,639 views/month).[4]

Key Facts

  • Lucy was born on -3200000-00-00T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Lucy died on -3200000-00-00T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Lucy is credited with the discovery of Donald Johanson[5].
  • Lucy is credited with the discovery of Tom Gray[6].
  • Lucy is credited with the discovery of Maurice Taieb[7].
  • Lucy is credited with the discovery of Yves Coppens[8].
  • Lucy is recorded as female organism[9].
  • Lucy's instance of is recorded as individual animal[10].
  • Lucy's location of discovery is recorded as Hadar[11].
  • Lucy's collection is recorded as National Museum of Ethiopia[12].
  • Lucy's inventory number is recorded as AL 288-1[13].
  • Lucy's Commons category is recorded as Lucy (Australopithecus)[14].
  • Lucy's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 24, 1974[15].
  • Lucy's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'am', 'text': 'ድንቅ ነሽ'}[16].
  • Lucy's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Lucy'}[17].
  • Lucy's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia[18].
  • Lucy's individual of taxon is recorded as Australopithecus afarensis cumio[19].

Body

Definition and Type

Lucy's instance of is recorded as individual animal[10].

Influence

Things named for Lucy include Lucy[20], a flyby probe[21], in United States[22]; Luzia[23], a Hominin fossil[24], in Brazil[25]; and 152830 Dinkinesh[26], an asteroid[27].

Why It Matters

Lucy ranks in the top 2% of individual_animal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,639 views/month).[4] Lucy has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Lucy is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for Lucy include Lucy[20], a flyby probe[21], in United States[22]; Luzia[23], a Hominin fossil[24], in Brazil[25]; and 152830 Dinkinesh[26], an asteroid[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [2] . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . efossils.org. efossils.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of individual animal
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007537489805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  2. 27d ago · Grawiton · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender female organism
    Location of discovery Hadar
    Named after Q723178
    Discoverer or inventor Donald Johanson, Tom Gray, Maurice Taieb +1
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P138]]: [[Q723178]]"
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