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Dikika
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- Site type:
- Unknown, Cave
- Site function:
- Na
- Lat/Long:
- 11.08, 40.58
- Country:
- Ethiopia
- Date range max:
- 3,600,000 Bp
- Date range min:
- 2,600,000 Bp
- Classifications:
- Australopithecus afarensis
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Resti di australopithecus afarensis detto selam, di tre anni circa, da dikika (afar), 3,3 milioni di anni fa
The Dikika is an area of the Afar Region of Ethiopia where the hominin fossil named Selam was found (a specimen of the Australopithecus afarensis species). Dikika is located in Mille woreda.
Dikika is also given to name a basal member of the Hadar formation, a series of sedimentary rocks deposited approximately 3.4 million years ago, which have been exposed by the erosive action of the Awash River. Although sometimes called "Lucy's Child" Dikika was in fact older than Lucy or Dinknesh at 3.4 million years.
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3D Animation of the Skull of the Dikika Child