Excavation/Discovery Date:

1959/60

ID By:

ID Date:

Research Team:

264 - Leakey family expedition

Repository:

122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Bibilographic Information:

Davis, P. R. 1964. Hominid fossils from Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanganyika. A tibia and fibula. Nature. 201, 967.

Curatorial Notes:

From Tobias (1991): OH 35 tibia and fibula attributed to same individual as OH 6 but appear to be more mature. It is unclear if OH 35 tibia and fibula are the same tibia and fibula originally listed under OH 6. Leakey, MD, 1971 describes CRA and dental fragments as having been found in surface soil, but Leakey, Tobias, and Napier, 1964 state "some [were] found in situ [and] some on the surface" (:9). Unworn lower L-P3. Partially developed roots of upper M1 or 2. Six cranial vault fragments. Tibia and fibula fragments first assumed to be associated with Zinjanthropus OH5, but should be considered associates with OH 6 following morphological study (Leakey, MD, 1971:227). and skull fragments. Juvenile. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya.

OH 6

CODI ID:

3721

Arch. Locality:

5 - FLK

Geo. Locality:

283 - 45

Elements Preserved:

CRA-f , M-f , L-P , L-TIB-f , L-FIB-f ,

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. TIB-f and FIB-f not given taxonomic designation in original publication (Davis, 1964) but named as a paratype in Leakey, Tobias, and Napier, 1964.

Taxonomic Problems: