Fossil:

BOU-VP-12/130

Site:

Middle Awash
Afar, Ethiopia (13)

Discovered By:

Y. Haile-Selassie
11,20,1997 (13)

Estimated Age of Fossil:

2.5 mya
* determined by Radiometric and faunal data (13)

Species Name:

Australopithecus garhi (7, 9, 13, 15)

Gender:

Male (species presumed to be sexually dimorphic) (13)

Cranial Capacity:

450 cc (13, 15)

Interpretation:

Descendant of A. afarensis; candidate ancestor for early homo (13, 15)
Meat eater (based on tool marked bones found nearby) (9, 15, 44)
Teeth and skeleton Homo-like; cranium Australopithecus-like (7, 13)