KNM ER 3733
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| Catalog number | KNM ER 3733 |
|---|---|
| Species | Homo ergaster |
| Age | ~1.75 mya |
| Place discovered | Koobi Fora, Kenya |
| Date discovered | 1975 |
| Discovered by | Bernard Ngeneo |
Dr. Benard Wood of George Washington University (U.S.A.) considers KNM ER 3733 as a fossilized skull of the species Homo ergaster, although some paleoanthropologists consider it to be Homo erectus. It was discovered in Koobi Fora, Kenya by Bernard Ngeneo in 1975.
KNM-ER 3733 is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, Homo erectus/Homo ergaster skulls in the world. In a 1989 publication in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Dr. Craig Feibel, now at Rutgers University Geology Department (U.S.A), and his co-workers estimated the age of KNM-ER 3733 at ~1.8 million years old. This age estimation was largely based on its stratigraphic position just above the top of the Olduvai Subchron, which is dated to about 1.78 million years ago, and its stratigraphic location below the "White Tuff", which has a scaled age of near 1.7 million years ago.
[edit] See also
- List of fossil sites (with link directory)
- List of hominina (hominid) fossils (with images)
[edit] References
Images of KNM ER 3733. Retrieved on 2006-07-14.
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