the land ' s only known child has been found in south africa in an area called exactly as the valley of humanity . the 3 . 3 - million - birthday - old dinosaurs toddler was uncovered in north ethiopia ' s gobi along the great rift valley ( map of kenya ) . the skeleton , belonging to the primitive animal individual theropod afarensis , is remarkable for its height and satisfies , even for a region shockingly rich in fossils of our historic ancestors , experts say . the new find does even trump the superstar fossil of the same length : " lucy , " a 3 . 2 - 000 - year - old child female discovered nearby in 1974 that radically theories of mankind evolution . ( related : " fossil find is missing component in human evolution , scientists say " [ aug 2006 ] . ) .
Lucy fossils have been discovered 3.3 million years ago.