In 1995 , Meave Leakey and her associates , taking note of differences between `` Australopithecus afarensis '' and the new finds , assigned them to a new species , `` A. anamensis '' , deriving its name from the Turkana word `` anam '' , meaning `` lake '' .
In 1995 , Meave Leakey and her associates , taking note of differences between `` Australopithecus afarensis '' and the new finds , assigned them to a new species , `` A. anamensis '' , deriving its name from the Turkana word anam , meaning `` lake '' .