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Science 17 July 1981:
Vol. 213. no. 4505, pp. 348 - 349
DOI: 10.1126/science.213.4505.348
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Primitive Hominid Canine from Tanzania

TIM D. WHITE 1

1 Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley 94720

A primitive hominid canine recovered at Laetoli by Louis Leakey in 1935 and stored at the British Museum of Natural History adds to our knowledge of dental anatomy in Australopithecus. The specimen was the first adult Australopithecus recovered and the first ancient hominid discovered in eastern Africa.

Submitted on February 7, 1980
Revised on October 30, 1980

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