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Accession Number AFC2015.2.41 Scientific Name Australopithecus africanus Category cranium Alternate Taxon Australopithecus africanus transvaalensis; Australopithecus prometheus Cast Source Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alberta Fossil Owner MSUW Fossil Collector Kitching, J. Date Collected 1958, 1959 Place Collected Africa: South Africa, Transvaal Site Makapansgat Age adult Description Plaster cast of a cranium Materials plaster Geologic Age Plio-Pleistocene Sex female Stratigraphy Lower Phase I Breccia