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Nickname: Mrs. Ples

Site: Sterkfontein, Republic of South Africa

Year of Discovery: 1947

Discovered by: Robert Broom and John T. Robinson

Age: Between 2.5 and 2.1 million years old

Species: Australopithecus africanus

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