- Excavation/Discovery Date:
- 1959
- ID By:
- 282 - H. Mukiri
- 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:
- Paratype. Two isolated teeth (lower molar and upper premolar) and one M3 in a mandible. Found in small block of consolidated tuff. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya.
OH 4
- CODI ID:
- 3720
- Arch. Locality:
- 8 - MK
- Geo. Locality:
- 281 - 11
- Elements Preserved:
- P , M , MAN
- 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:
- Paratype
- Taxonomic Problems:
- Bed:
- I
- Level:
- Lower
- In Situ:
- Yes
- Stratigraphic Horizon:
- Surface.