Darryl Granger of Purdue University (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Darryl Granger of Purdue University

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Darryl Granger of Purdue University developed the technology that updated the age of an Australopithecus found in Sterkfontein Cave. New data pushes its age back more than a million years, to 3.67 million years old.

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Purdue University photo/Lena Kovalenko

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