Question

The son of Lucy lived ______.

Options

• about 3.5 mya

• in the same epoch as Lucy

• about 3 mya

• both (b) and (c)

Answer 1

The son of Lucy lived in the same epoch as Lucy and about 3 mya.

Explanation:

The son of Lucy lived in the same epoch as Lucy and about 3 million years ago. Lucy, a member of Australopithecus afarensis, lived around 4 million years ago in the Pliocene epoch, and her descendant(s) would have lived slightly later but still within the same epoch, about 3 million years ago.