AL 444-2
Exhibit Item
Site:
Hadar, Ethiopia
Year of Discovery:
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.
