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globally in HumanEvolution.xsd; see XML source |
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AustralopithecusAethiopicus (as extension base),
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AustralopithecusAfricanus (as extension base)
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The first afarensis fossils were found in the mid 1970s. Their initial interpretation was controversial and remains so today, albeit to a lesser degree. While many anthropologists accept that the multitude of fossil specimens that have been attributed to afarensis do indeed represent a single, sexually dimorphic species, others believe that the fossils belong to two, and perhaps more, species. For a long time afarensis was assumed to have represented the founding species of the hominine clade and the ancestor of all later species.
Height | 1.0 – 1.5 metres |
Weight | 30 – 70 kg |
Cranial Volume | 400 – 500 cm³ |
Known Date | 4.0 – 2.5 million years ago |
Distribution | Eastern Africa |
Physique | Light build; some ape-like features |
Skull form | Low, flat forehead; projecting face; prominent brow ridges |
Jaws/Teeth | Relatively large incisors and canines; gap between upper incisors and canines; moderate-sized molars |
Sexual Dimorphism | Marked to moderate |
Type Derivation Tree
ArdipithecusRamidus (extension)
AustralopithecusAnamensis (extension)
AustralopithecusAfarensis
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