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Accession Number AFC2015.2.23 Scientific Name Australopithecus africanus Category mandible Portion fragment with left P4-M3 and right P3-M3 Alternate Taxon Australopithecus africanus transvaalensis; Australopithecus prometheus Cast Source Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alberta Fossil Owner MSUW Fossil Collector Mweli, Z.; Gabocoe, E.; Hughes, A.R.; Tobias, P.V. Date Collected 1971-11-15 Place Collected Africa: South Africa, Transvaal Site Sterkfontein Age adult Description Plastic cast of a mandible, fragment with left P4-M3 and right P3-M3 Materials plastic Geologic Age Plio-Pleistocene