Homo rudolfensis
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Homo rudolfensis is an extinct species of archaic human from the Early Pleistocene of East Africa about 2 million years ago. Because H. rudolfensis coexisted with several other hominins, it is debated
Reconstruction of H. rudolfensis by Mauricio Antón
KNM-ER 1802
KNM-ER 1470 H. rudolfensis (left) vs KNM-ER 1813 H. habilis (right)
UR 501, the oldest H. rudolfensis specimen
Kenyanthropus
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Kenyanthropus is a genus of extinct hominin identified from the Lomekwi site by Lake Turkana, Kenya, dated to 3.3 to 3.2 million years ago during the Middle Pliocene. It contains one species, K. platy
Homo rudolfensis
…validity are debated without any wide consensus, with some recommending the species to actually belong to the genus Australopithecus as A. rudolfensis or Kenyanthropus as K. rudolfensis, or that it is synonymous with the contemporaneous and anatomically similar H. habilis. H. rudolfensis is distinguished from H. habilis…
Kenyanthropus platyops MGL 95210 P5030042 white
Location of Lomekwi, on the western shore of Lake Turkana, Kenya
Kenyanthropus was contemporary with A. afarensis ("Lucy" above)
Kenyanthropus platyops IMG 2945 white