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Skulls

Australopithecus afarensis

Museum number/name

Compilation skull

Where specimens were found

based on specimens from Hadar, Ethiopia

Distribution of species

Eastern Africa

Known date of species

3.5 - 3.0 mya

Date of specimen

about 3.19 mya

Cranial capacity

400 - 500cc

Inferred culture

These hominins may have occasionally used sticks and stones to get food

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Australopithecus afarensis
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Australopithecus afarensis
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Australopithecus afarensis
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Australopithecus afarensis
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