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On June 24, we blasted out at Sterkfontein, at a spot only about 8 ft. away from where we discovered the old female skull of Plesianthropus, the almost perfect lower jaw of a large male. The left mandible is complete except for the loss of the condyle and a little part of the margin of the angle. The whole symphysial region appears to be complete, while the right ramus is much broken and crushed. All the teeth of the left side are present, though worn.
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BROOM, R., ROBINSON, J. Jaw of the Male Sterkfontein Ape-man. Nature 160, 153 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160153a0
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