Excavation/Discovery Date:
1963
ID By:
130 - L.S.B. Leakey
ID Date:
Research Team:
264 - Leakey family expedition
Repository:
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Bibilographic Information:
Curatorial Notes:
Paratpye. "This consists of a sub-adult skull, probably female, with the third molars coming into wear. It is represented by the greater part of the mandible, including the complete dentition, although the crowns of the incisors are damaged and the left ascending ram us is not preserved; the greater part of the maxillae, represented by two fragments both lacking the anterior portions; the greater part of the occipital; the right parietal and temporal; parts of the left parietal and temporal; together with a few frontal fragments and approximately fifty additional pieces which it has not been possible to fit together" (Leakey MD, 1971:231). Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. 5 pieces found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

OH 13

CODI ID:
3728
Arch. Locality:
27 - MNK
Geo. Locality:
287 - 88 "Skull Site"
Elements Preserved:
MAN , MAX , CRA-f
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Suborder:
Anthropoidea
Infraorder:
Haplorhini
Superfamily:
Hominoidea
Family:
Hominidae
Subfamily:
Homininae
Tribe:
Hominini
Genus:
Homo
Species:
habilis
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Paratype
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
II
Level:
Lower Middle IIB
In Situ:
Yes
Stratigraphic Horizon:
5 feet above chert horizon

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