Australopithecus anamensis
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Australopithecus anamensis is a hominin species that lived roughly between 4.3 and 3.8 million years ago, and is the oldest known Australopithecus species.
Nearly 100 fossil specimens of A. anamensis are known from Kenya and Ethiopia, representing over 20 individuals. The first fossils of A. anamensis discovered are dated to around 3.8 and 4.2 million years ago and were found in Kanapoi and Allia Bay in northern Kenya.
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