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Within this section:
Introduction
About Human Evolution
Skulls
Skeletal Details
Tools
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Skulls
Australopithecus afarensis
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Museum number/name
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Compilation skull
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Where specimens were found
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based on specimens from Hadar, Ethiopia
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Distribution of species
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Eastern Africa
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Known date of species
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3.5 - 3.0 mya
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Date of specimen
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about 3.19 mya
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Cranial capacity
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400 - 500cc
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Inferred culture
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These hominins may have occasionally used sticks and stones to get food
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Skull front view
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Skull side view
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Skull top view
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Skull bottom view
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All skull views
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Side view
Top view
Bottom view
Virtual skulls
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