Turkana Boy
Location Lake Zone
Turkana Boy, also called Nariokotome Boy, is the name given to fossil KNM-WT 15000, a nearly complete skeleton of a Homo ergaster youth who… Read more…
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Turkana Boy, also called Nariokotome Boy, is the name given to fossil KNM-WT 15000, a nearly complete skeleton of a Homo ergaster youth who lived 1.5 to 1.6 million years ago. This specimen is the most complete early hominin skeleton ever found.
It was discovered in 1984 by Kamoya Kimeu on the bank of the Nariokotome River near Lake Turkana in Kenya.Estimates of the individual's age at death range from 7 to 11 years old.
Source: Wikipedia
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Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkana_Boy
Address D348, Kenya
Coordinates 4°7'53.629" N, 35°52'37.685" E
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