Specimens

KNM-ER 1804

Site:
Koobi Fora Area 104
Specimen number:
KNM-ER 1804
Lat/Long:
3.98, 36.32
Date min:
1,770,000 Bp
Date max:
1,780,000 Bp
Classifications:
Paranthropus, Paranthropus boisei
Time periods:
Calabrian, Pleistocene
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KNM-ER 1804 is a mandible fragment attributed to Paranthropus boisei. It was recovered from Area 104 of Koobi Fora. The specimen was stratigraphically located at 4m below the A2 marker and is dated to ~1.78 Ma [1][2][3].

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Cited References

  1. 1.

    Stratigraphic context of fossil hominids from the Omo Group deposits. Northern Turkana Basin Kenya and Ethiopia

    American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 78(4)

  2. 2.

    Paranthropus Boisei - Fifty years of evidence and analysis

    American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 134(S45)

  3. 3.

    Chronostratigraphy of KNM-ER 3733 and other area 104 hominins from Koobi Fora

    Journal of Human Evolution, 86

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