Anthropological Skulls / Models of the Skull
The SOMSO Human Fossil Models are produced from castings from the collection in the Faculty of Anthropology at the University of Goettingen. All models in natural size and SOMSO-Plast®.
S 7 Reconstruction of A. afarensis
Fossil sites of Australopithecus afarensis:
Belohdelie, Fejej, Hadar (Denen Dora-Sidi Hakoma- and Kada Hadar-Member), Maka and Omo (Shungura and Usno Formation), Ethiopia, Laetoli (Lower and Upper Laetoli Beds), Tanzania
Age of skull: 3.6 - 3.0 million years, Upper Pliocene
Model is retachable in 2 parts. Weight approx. 600 g.