Turkana Boy
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Turkana Boy, also called Nariokotome Boy, is the name given to fossil KNM-WT 15000, a nearly complete skeleton of a Homo erectus youth who lived 1.5 to 1.6 million years ago. This specimen is the most
Cast at the American Museum of Natural History
Turkana boy reconstruction displayed at the Neanderthal Museum.
Skeleton and a life reconstruction of the Turkana Boy
Homo ergaster
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Homo ergaster is an extinct species or subspecies of archaic humans who lived in Africa in the Early Pleistocene. Whether H. ergaster constitutes a species of its own or should be subsumed into H. ere
Turkana Boy
…youth who lived 1.5 to 1.6 million years ago. This specimen is the most complete Homo erectus skeleton ever found. Some authorities designate it as Homo ergaster. It was discovered in 1984 by Kamoya Kimeu on the bank of the Nariokotome River near Lake Turkana in Kenya…
Homo ergaster
Replica of KNM ER 992, the holotype specimen of Homo ergaster
KNM ER 3733
KNM ER 3883