- an extinct species of early hominin whose fossil remains were discovered in Kenya in 1965 and more extensively in 1994, dated at about 3.9–4.2 million years of age, believed by some scientists to be older, less evolved members of the species Australopithecus afarensis: evidence suggests A. anamensis possessed both human and ape traits, notably humanlike ankles for bipedal walking and apelike forearms and wrists for climbing trees.
- a fossil belonging to this species.
