AL 444-2

AL 444-2

Exhibit item

Site: 

Hadar, Ethiopia

Date of discovery: 

1992

Discovered by: 

Yoel Rak

Age: 

About 3 million years old

Species: 

Australopithecus afarensis

Evidence of size differences

This large male skull was found at the same locality as the famous Lucy skeleton. It is much bigger than the skull of Lucy and other females of this species, indicating there were differences in body size between the sexes.

Image Credit: Human Origins Program/Image from 3D Scan