Australopithecus gahri
Suspicions exist that the East African Australopithecus garhi may represent an evolutionary link between Australopithecus and Homo. The remains are from the time when there is very few fossils, between 2.0-3.0 million years ago.  Tim White was the scientist to find the first of A. garhi's key fossils in 1996 near the village of Bouri, located in the Afar region of Ethiopia.  
   
The Fossils:  

 

 
From Bouri, Ethiopia    
     
  BOU-VP-11/1   Proximal Fragment of Ulna

~Found between 1996-98 at Bouri, Ethiopia

  
     
  BOU-VP-12/1A-G   Proximal Femur and Associated Forearm Elements

~Found in 1996 at Bouri, Ethiopia

  
     
  BOU-VP-12/87   Crested Cranial Fragment

~Found in 1997 by Y. Haile-Selassie at Bouri, Ethiopia

  
     

 

 

 

BOU-VP-12/130  Partial Skull

~Found by Y. Haille-Selasse at Bouri, Ethiopia in 1997

~Dated to 2.5 million years

~This specimen is the holotype for Australopithecus gahri

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  BOU-VP-17/1   Mandible

~Found by A. Defleur in 1997 at Bouri, Ethiopia

  
     
  BOU-VP-35/1   Humeral Shaft

~Found by D. DeGusta in 1998 at Bouri, Ethiopia

  
     
From Gamedah, Ethiopia
     
  GAM-VP-1/1   Mandibular Fragment

~Discovered in 1990 at Gamedah, Ethiopia

~Dated to 2.5 million years

  
     
  GAM-VP-1/2   Parietal Fragment

~Discovered in 1990 at Gamedah, Ethiopia

~Dated to 2.5 million years

  
     
From Matabaietu, Ethiopia    
     
  MAT-VP-1/1   Distal Left Humerus

~Discovered in 1990 at Matabaietu, Ethiopia

~Dated to 2.5 million years

  
     
     
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A. ramidus ~ A. anamensis ~ A. afarensis ~ A. africanus ~ A. gahri ~ A. bahrelghazali ~ P. boisei ~ P. aethiopicus ~ P. robustus ~ H. habilis ~ H. rudolfensis ~ H. erectus ~ H. ergaster ~ H. antecessor ~ H. heidelbergensis ~ H. neanderthalensis ~ H. sapiens

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