Museum number/name

Reconstruction of a skull of A. africanus. The set of teeth and lower jaw have been reconstructed with the aid of other original finds from the same area

Where specimen was found

Sterkfontein, South Africa, 1947

Distribution of species

Southern Africa

Known date of species

2.8 - 2.3 mya

Date of specimen

2.3 my

Cranial capacity

400 - >500cc

Inferred culture

These hominins were scavengers