To get a picture of how Lucy's species, Australopithecus afarensis, moved, scientists compare fossils to the bones of modern humans, as well as to the anatomy ... Lucy's pelvic, hip, and leg ...

The left hip and leg bones from a young female Paranthropus robustus discovered in South Africa show she was extremely short — and ended up as a leopard's lunch.

Included in the package are six well-preserved arm and leg bones, each of which is labeled. There is one radius ... bone in the thigh which connects the hip to the knee. The data chart, prepared ...

The left leg and hip bones belong to a Paranthropus robustus ... To read more about the anatomy of Paranthropus robustus, go to "Consider the Craniums." Leopard skull excavated from the same ...