Selam (Australopithecus)

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. Although she has often been nicknamed Lucy's baby, the specimen has been dated at 3.3 million years ago, approximately 120,000 years older than "Lucy" (dated to about 3.18 mya).

Selam
Catalog no.DIK-1/1
Common nameSelam
SpeciesAustralopithecus afarensis
Age3.3 million years
Place discoveredDikika, Afar Depression, Ethiopia
Date discovered2000
Discovered byZeresenay Alemseged
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