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IMPORTANT NOTE: We have maintained the originally published taxonomic designation for each specimen despite the fact that many of these specimens have been reclassified since.  We chose to follow this protocol because of the difficulty in keeping up to date with all of the taxonomic groups, and our hesitancy to make a judgement call on taxonomic debates.  As such, please search the database with this in mind, perhaps using higher level taxonomic classifications for your query.

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Image	Spec #	CODI Database ID	Arch. Locality	Geo. Locality	Elements Preserved	Excavation Date	Repository	Bed	Level	Stratigraphic Horizon	Bibliographic Information	Curatorial Notes	ID By	ID Date	Research Team	In Situ	Sediment or Matrix Adhering	Class	Order	Suborder	Infraorder	Superfamily	Family	Subfamily	Tribe	Genus	Species	Subspecies	Taxonomic Notes	Taxonomic Problems
	OH 6	3721	5 - FLK	283 - 45	CRA-f , M-f , L-P , L-TIB-f , L-FIB-f ,	1959/60	122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	I	Middle (Zinj.)	Surface. Cranial and dental fragments found in surface soil from slope immediately below Zinj. site; assumed to be from Zinj. level (Leakey, MD, 1971:227). TIB-f and FIB-f from Zinj. level.	Davis, P. R. 1964. Hominid fossils from Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanganyika. A tibia and fibula. Nature. 201, 967.	From Tobias (1991): OH 35 tibia and fibula attributed to same individual as OH 6 but appear to be more mature. It is unclear if OH 35 tibia and fibula are the same tibia and fibula originally listed under OH 6. Leakey, MD, 1971 describes CRA and dental fragments as having been found in surface soil, but Leakey, Tobias, and Napier, 1964 state "some [were] found in situ [and] some on the surface" (:9). Unworn lower L-P3. Partially developed roots of upper M1 or 2. Six cranial vault fragments. Tibia and fibula fragments first assumed to be associated with Zinjanthropus OH5, but should be considered associates with OH 6 following morphological study (Leakey, MD, 1971:227). and skull fragments. Juvenile. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya.			264 - Leakey family expedition	Unknown		Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Hominoidea	Hominidae	Homininae	Hominini	Homo	habilis		Paratype. TIB-f and FIB-f not given taxonomic designation in original publication (Davis, 1964) but named as a paratype in Leakey, Tobias, and Napier, 1964.	No
	OH 3	3719	10 - BK	280 - 94	d-C , L-d-M	1955	122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	II	Upper	Upper part of BK channel which cuts into Tuff IID	Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.	In the first publication of these specimens (Leakey, LSB, 1958), Leakey described the teeth as a deciduous lower canine and a left deciduous upper M2. "This view was not shared by Robinson, von Koenigswald and others, who preferred to regard it as either a permanent or a deciduous upper molar of an australopithecine character" (Leakey, MD, 1970:226). Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya.	130 - L.S.B. Leakey		264 - Leakey family expedition	Yes		Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Hominoidea	Hominidae			Australopithecus			Referred to as species boisei in Tobias (Olduvai Gorge volume IV, 1991).	No
	OH 2	3718	27 - MNK	279 - 88	CRA-f	1935	106 - Natural History Museum UK (?)	III/IV	Lowest horizon of Bed IVa.	Surface. Found at head of MNK Gully where Beds II and IV are exposed.	Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.	Two cranial vault fragments. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. Not found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.	142 - M. D. Leakey		264 - Leakey family expedition	No		Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Hominoidea	Hominidae	Homininae	Hominini	Homo	erectus		Similar to OH 9 and OH 12.	No
	OH 34	3749	76 - JK W		FEM , TIB-f	1962	122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	III/ IV	for Bed IV level = a		Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.	Femur described as "slender" (Leakey MD, 1971) and shaft of tibia. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya.			264 - Leakey family expedition	Yes		Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Hominoidea	Hominidae	Homininae	Hominini	Homo	sp.		Slender bone	No
	OH 33	3748	6 - FLK NN		CRA-f	1969	122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	I		Surface	Tobias, PV. 1991. The Skulls, endocasts and teeth of Homo habilis. Cambridge: University Press.	Thin vault fragments. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya.			264 - Leakey family expedition	No		Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Hominoidea	Hominidae	Homininae	Hominini	Homo			Very thin skull	No