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STS 14
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For the Space Shuttle mission, see STS-51-A.
STS 14 is a fossilized partial skeleton of the species Australopithecus africanus. It was discovered at Sterkfontein, South Africa by Robert Broom and John T. Robinson in August 1947, and is estimated to be about 2.5 million years old.[1][2]
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Catalog no. | STS 14 |
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Species | Australopithecus africanus |
Age | c. 2.5 million years |
Place discovered | Gauteng, South Africa |
Date discovered | August 1947 |
Discovered by | Robert Broom and John Robinson |
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Some scientists have proposed that STS 14 may have come from the same individual as STS 5 though that fossil is considered only c. 2.35 million years old.