Excavation/Discovery Date:
1971
ID By:
142 - M. D. Leakey
ID Date:
Research Team:
264 - Leakey family expedition
Repository:
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Bibilographic Information:
Leakey, M.D. 1978. Olduvai fossil hominids:their stratigraphic positions and associations. In: Jolly, CJ, editor. Early hominids of Africa. London:Duckworth. P. 3-16.
Curatorial Notes:
Left half mandible with M1-M2. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya.

OH 37

CODI ID:
3752
Arch. Locality:
5 - FLK
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
L-MAN , M , M
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:
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
II
Level:
Middle
In Situ:
No
Stratigraphic Horizon:
Surface, probably from sandy conglomerate in Middle Bed II.

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