American Journal of Physical Anthropology , 67(2)
Specimens
KNM-ER 3886
- Site:
- Koobi Fora Area 104
- Specimen number:
- KNM-ER 3886
- 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 3886 is an isolated left upper deciduous second molar attributed to Paranthropus boisei. It has the very high division of the roots and the extreme palatal projection of the lingual root which characterizes deciduous molars [1]. It was found in Area 104 of Koobi Fora at 4m below the A2 marker and is dated to ~1.78 Ma [2][3].
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Cited References
1.
Further hominids from the Plio-Pleistocene of Koobi Fora Kenya2.
Stratigraphic context of fossil hominids from the Omo Group deposits. Northern Turkana Basin Kenya and EthiopiaAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology, 78(4)
3.
Chronostratigraphy of KNM-ER 3733 and other area 104 hominins from Koobi ForaJournal of Human Evolution, 86
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