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Accession Number AFC2015.2.16 Scientific Name Australopithecus africanus Category mandible Side left Portion fragment with M2-M3 Alternate Taxon Australopithecus africanus transvaalensis; Australopithecus prometheus Cast Source Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alberta Fossil Owner MSUW Fossil Collector Hughes, A.R. Date Collected 1955 Place Collected Africa: South Africa, Transvaal Site Makapansgat Age adult Description Resin cast of a mandible, left fragment with M2-M3 Materials resin Geologic Age Plio-Pleistocene Sex female Stratigraphy Lower Phase I Breccia