Australopithecus africanus
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Australopithecus africanus is an extinct species of australopithecine which lived between about 3.3 and 2.1 million years ago in the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of South Africa. The species has
Australopithecus africanus face 2
Cast of Taung child from the collection of the University of the Witwatersrand
Mrs. Ples at the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, Pretoria
Locations of A. africanus discoveries
Homo habilis
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Homo habilis is an extinct species of archaic human from the Early Pleistocene of East and South Africa about 2.4 million years ago to 1.65 million years ago. It is among the oldest species of archaic
Australopithecus africanus
…Homo rudolfensis – Extinct hominin from the Early Pleistocene of East Africa Homo habilis – Archaic human species from 2.4 to 1.65 mya LD 350-1 – Earliest known specimen of the genus Homo…
KNM-ER 1813 reconstructed skull and jaw
Cast of the type specimen OH 7
OH 8, bearing crocodile tooth marks
OH 13 mandible compared to other hominin species