Which fossil site has produced most Australopithecus afarensis fossils?

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Side view illustration of Australopithecus afarensis, an early human ancestor, shown walking upright with a hairy body and ape-like facial features. A scale beside the figure marks 12 inches and 40 centimeters. — Australopithecus Artist's rendering of *Australopithecus afarensis*, which lived from 3.8 to 2.9 million years ago.

The fossil site that has produced the majority of Australopithecus afarensis fossils is Hadar, located in the Afar region of Ethiopia.12

Approximately 90 percent of all fossils assigned to Au. afarensis have been recovered from this site. Hadar is renowned for yielding a significant portion of the species' known fossil record, including the famous 40-percent-complete skeleton known as Lucy and the "First Family" collection, which consists of the remains of at least nine adults and four juveniles deposited together.21