They are currently curated at the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (Pretoria, South Africa). Of the dentition, the right first and second premolar are present but very warn, and the left premolars 1 and 2 are present but fragmented. The explosion split the specimen’s braincase into into 2 pieces. The posterior portion of the cranium was compression during deposition. Nonetheless, Sts 5 is one of the most complete examples of an Australopithecus africanus crania. $208.00. Museum Quality Fossil Animal Skull & Skeleton Casts > Museum Quality Fossil Hominid Skull Casts > Bone Clones Australopithecus africanus Skull Sts 5 "Mrs. Ples" (Skull, no Lower Jaw) (Replica) BH-007 Bone Clones Australopithecus africanus Skull Sts 5 "Mrs. Ples" (Skull, no Lower Jaw) (Replica) BH-007 SKU: $208.00. Because the fossil was to tightly packed into the breccia matrix surrounding it, Sts 5 was quite literally blasted out of the limestone cave where it was originally found. Sts 71 is a hemicranium, with preserved right side and a nearly complete palate. 6 ½" L x 5" W x 6 ½" H 17.1L x 12.1W x 16H (cm) Skull Sts 5 "Mrs. Ples" with restored teeth and lower jaw.
The anterior tooth roots of Sts 5 are oriented vertically (relative to the alveolar plane), unlike those found in most other apes, humans, and fossil specimens, in which the tooth roots are roughly parallel with the plane of the nasoalveolar clivus. Sts 71 has an estimated cranial capacity of 428 cc. The fossil specimens investigated in our study included two A. africanus representatives, Sts 5 and Sts 60, both derived from Sterkfontein Member 4.
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