Draft:Australopithecus alorensis

• Comment: This species doesn't appear to exist. There are zero results on google, aside from hits from (since-deleted) pages from Simple Wiki. Noting that the image in the draft is for Australopithecus afarensis, which may be what the article's subject is supposed to be?
  One of the sources I could access had zero mentions of "alorensis", but plenty of mentions of "afarensis". In solidarity, nil ^nz 02:07, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

• Comment: Just noting simple:Australopithecus alorensis for reviewers' consideration. In solidarity, nil ^nz 02:02, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

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Australopithecus alorensis is an extinct hominid from 3.5 to 3.3 million years ago.

Australopithecus alorensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia
Order:	Primates
Superfamily:	Hominoidea
Family:	Hominidae
Genus:	†Australopithecus
Species:	†A. alorensis
Binomial name
†Australopithecus alorensis Leakey

Anatomy

Skull

Australopithecus alorensis had a tall face, smaller teeth compared to earlier hominins and prognathism (jaw juts outward). The jawbone was quite robust, similar to that of gorillas, based on the fossilized jawbone AH 1. The A. alorensis brain was likely organised like non-human ape brains, with no evidence for humanlike brain configuration. The jaw jutted out somewhat (prognathism) at perhaps a 39-degree angle, similar to most other early hominins. The species likely had a large midface with strong zygomatic bones.

Reconstruction of the species

Another reconstruction of A. alorensis

Size

Most species of Australopithecus were diminutive and gracile, usually standing 1.2 to 1.4 m (3 ft 11 in to 4 ft 7 in) tall.

References

Kimaro, Neema (October 7, 1975), Report on AH - 1 fossil discovery : Preliminary dental analysis and findings, vol. 2003, National Museum of Tanzania: East African Literature Bureau, pp. 621–623

Rak, Yoel (1983), The Australopithecine Face, New York: Academic Press

Reed, Kaye E. (2013), The Paleobiology of Australopithecus, Dordrecht: Springer, Bibcode:2013paau.book.....R

Lovejoy, T.. (1999), Asfaw, B., White, T., Lovejoy, O., Latimer, B., Simpson, S., & Suwa, G. (1999). "Australopithecus garhi: a new species of early hominid from Ethiopia." Science, 284(5414), 629–635., vol. 284, Washington, D.C., United States.: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)., pp. 629–635

McHenry, Henry M. (October 2000), Australopithecus to Homo: Transformations in Body and Mind, vol. 29, Annual Review of Anthropology, pp. 125–146

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