Australopithecus africanus

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June 09, 2009

Australopithecus africanus

 

Found: October 1924
Where: Taung also Sterkfontein and Makapansgat, South Africa
Found by: Raymond Dart
Temporal range: 3.0 to 2.0 million years ago

 

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