Lucy was an Australopithecus, who lived roughly 3 million years ago.
She was an early form of hominid. Significantly, although small-brained, she was bipedal (walked on two feet, rather than four).
40% of Her bones were found in Ethiopia, 1973. Read more...
Another Australopithecus fossil
was the "Taung child", discovered in 1924, in a cave in South
Africa.
The skull had a puncture wound. Theories included that it was inflicted by a baboon with a sharp stone, a hungry leopard, and the talons of an eagle. Read more...