Australopithecus ghari was found in Ethiopia and dates approximately 2.5Ma. Stone tools were found with A. ghari that date to the same time. Did A. ghari utilize tools?
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Australopithecus robustus
Sometimes assigned to a separate genus, Pronthropus, Australopithecus robustus, is called so due to its features, particularly the larger, more powerful mandible and dentition. A. robustus lived approximately 2-1.3Ma.
"Lucy"
The famous Lucy was nicknamed by Don Johanson who discovered her in Hadar, Ethiopia. Lucy is grouped among the gracile australopithecines, including A. afarensis, A. ghari, and A. anamensis, indicating a less robust and smaller framed skeletal structure. Australopithecus afarensis approximately 3.2Ma.
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