Fossil:

KT12/H1

Site:

Bahr el Ghazal, Chad (14)

Discovered By:

Michel Brunet
1995 (14)

Estimated Age of Fossil:

3 mya - 3.5 mya
* determined by Faunal data (14)

Species Name:

Australopithecus bahrelghazali (1, 7, 15)
Australopithecus afarensis (14, 15, 25)

Gender:

Unknown (14)

Cranial Capacity:

Unknown cc (14)

Information:

First hominid fossil found west of Great Rift Valley (1, 7, 14, 15)
Maxilla with seven attached teeth (14, 15)

Interpretation:

Differs from A. afarensis in chin shape, premolar roots, enamel thickness (1, 14)