Excavation/Discovery Date:
1935
ID By:
142 - M. D. Leakey
ID Date:
Research Team:
264 - Leakey family expedition
Repository:
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?)
Bibilographic Information:
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Curatorial Notes:
Two cranial vault fragments. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. Not found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

OH 2

CODI ID:
3718
Arch. Locality:
27 - MNK
Geo. Locality:
279 - 88
Elements Preserved:
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:
erectus
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Similar to OH 9 and OH 12.
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
III/IV
Level:
Lowest horizon of Bed IVa.
In Situ:
No
Stratigraphic Horizon:
Surface. Found at head of MNK Gully where Beds II and IV are exposed.

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