Fossil:

DNH 7

Site:

Drimolen
Gauteng, South Africa (32)

Discovered By:

Andre W. Keyser
10,21,1994 (32)

Estimated Age of Fossil:

1.5 mya - 2 mya
* determined by Faunal data (32)

Species Name:

Paranthropus robustus (32)
Australopithecus robustus (25)

Gender:

Female (species presumed to be sexually dimorphic) (32)

Cranial Capacity:

Unknown cc (32)

Information:

Most complete robustus skull (helps understand variability within a hominid species) (32)
79 hominid specimens found so far in Drimolen cave system (32)
No sagittal crest (as found on SK 48) (32)

Interpretation:

Adult (based on wear on third molars) (32)