Fossil:

A.L.444-2

Site:

Afar locality
Hadar, Ethiopia (29)

Discovered By:

Y. Rak
1992 (1)

Estimated Age of Fossil:

3 mya
* determined by Stratigraphic, faunal, paleomagnetic & radiometric data (1, 29)

Species Name:

Australopithecus afarensis (1, 29)

Gender:

Male (species presumed to be sexually dimorphic) (1)

Cranial Capacity:

500 cc (1)

Information:

Skull pieced together from 60 fragments (26)
Found near 52 other fossils including ulna and humerus (29)

Interpretation:

Older adult (based on molar eruption and dental wear) (1)
Confirms earlier reconstructions of afarensis skull (29)