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:
Leakey, L.S.B., Tobias, P.V. & Napier, J.R. 1964. A new species of the genus Homo from Olduvai Gorge. Nature 202(4927): 7-9.
Curatorial Notes:
Juvenile (sutures unfused). Thin skull. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. 11 pieces found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

OH 14

CODI ID:
3729
Arch. Locality:
27 - MNK
Geo. Locality:
287 - 88 "Skull Site"
Elements Preserved:
CRA-f , FRO-f , R-PAR-f
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Suborder:
Anthropoidea
Infraorder:
Haplorhini
Superfamily:
Hominoidea
Family:
Hominidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus:
Species:
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Juvenile, parietal is thin.
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
II
Level:
Lower Middle B
In Situ:
No
Stratigraphic Horizon:
Surface. Inferred as same horizon as OH 13 (Leakey MD, 1971).

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