afarensis was ancestral to both the genus Australopithecus and the genus Homo, which includes the modern human species, Homo sapiens.. 
O mọra bẹ ṣini o sore pẹ̀lú ọ̀pọ̀ nínú àwọn ọ̀rùwe Asiwaju ati Olukọwe igba ayé rẹ̀ bí Reinhold ní George, George F.. 