Excavation/Discovery Date:
1962
ID By:
ID Date:
Research Team:
264 - Leakey family expedition
Repository:
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Bibilographic Information:
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Curatorial Notes:
Femur described as "slender" (Leakey MD, 1971) and shaft of tibia. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya.

OH 34

CODI ID:
3749
Arch. Locality:
76 - JK W
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
FEM , TIB-f
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Suborder:
Anthropoidea
Infraorder:
Haplorhini
Superfamily:
Hominoidea
Family:
Hominidae
Subfamily:
Homininae
Tribe:
Hominini
Genus:
Homo
Species:
sp.
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Slender bone
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
III/ IV
Level:
for Bed IV level = a
In Situ:
Yes
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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