AL 129-1

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AL 129-1 is the fossilized knee joint of the species Australopithecus afarensis. It was discovered in Hadar, Ethiopia by Donald Johanson in 1976.

Its characteristics are an elliptical Lateral condyle and an oblique femoral shaft like in humans, indicating bipedalism.

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