Excavation/Discovery Date:
1972
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:
Upper dentitions: Partial permanent and deciduous dentition. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya.

OH 39

CODI ID:
3754
Arch. Locality:
37 - HWK EE
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
TOOTH , d-TOOTH
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:
I
Level:
Upper
In Situ:
Unknown
Stratigraphic Horizon:
In fallen block from Upper Bed I. Surface.

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