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Its characteristics include a smaller cranium and facial features than other female Australopithecines finds yet the size of the teeth indicate this specimen to be male. The face shows forward projection and the position of the temporal lines high on the cranium indicate large chewing muscles. The
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in 1947. In 1972 John Wallace connected STS 71 with STS 36, a lower jaw found in the same layer, by matching the wear patterns on the teeth.
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This article is about the hominid fossil STS 71. For the Space Shuttle mission, see
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Fossilized skull of Australopithecus africanus found in South Africa
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Larsen, Clark Spencer, Matter, Robert M, Gebo, Daniel L (1991).
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STS-71
STS-36

Australopithecus africanus
Sterkfontein
South Africa
Robert Broom
Australopithecus africanus
Sterkfontein
South Africa
Robert Broom
List of human fossils
List of fossil sites
List of hominina (hominid) fossils
Human Origins: the fossil record
ISBN
0-88133-575-4
cite book
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Metadata of STS 71 on NESPOS
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prehistoric hominin
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Australopithecus fossils
Archaeological discoveries in South Africa

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