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Object Number 2015.1.16.1672
Display Title Australopithecus africanus
Descriptions
Object Description Cast of complete metapodial Stw 68
Classification
  • Paleoanthropological
Department Osteological
Date 2.6 - 2.0 million years ago
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa / <State> / Sterkfontein
Materials Plaster
Dimensions Overall: 5.3 × 1.3 × 1.6 cm (2 1/16 × 1/2 × 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object Stw 68 2015.1.16.1672

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