AL 200-1

AL 200-1
Catalog number AL 200-1
Species Australopithecus afarensis
Age 3.0-3.2 mya
Place discovered Afar Depression, Ethiopia
Date discovered 1975
Discovered by Donald Johanson

AL200-1 is the fossilized upper palate and teeth of the species Australopithecus afarensis. It was discovered in the Afar Depression in Ethiopia by Donald Johanson in 1975. It is estimated to be 3.0-3.2 million years old.

Its characteristics are an ape-like arrangement of teeth including spatulate incisors and a gap between the canines and outside incisors.

References

"Images of AL200-1". http://www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/humanorigins/ha/al200.htm. Retrieved 2006-07-12. 

See also