Taxonomic status of the skull A.l.444-2 from the Pliocene of Hadar, Ethiopia
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Ferguson, Walter W
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Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research
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A nearly complete hominid skull, A.L.444-2, from the Pliocene of Hadar in Ethiopia, has been attributed to Australopithecus afarensis Johanson, White & Coppens 1978. Comparative morphological analysis indicates that it may not conform to this species. Cranial and dental morphology and measurements of A.L.444-2 agree more closely with those of A. africanus Dart 1925, to which it could be reassigned.