Specimens

OH 6

Site:
Olduvai Gorge (FLK I)
Specimen number:
OH 6
Lat/Long:
-2.98, 35.33
Date min:
1,790,000 Bp
Date max:
1,850,000 Bp
Classifications:
Homo, Homo habilis
Time periods:
Calabrian, Pleistocene
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OH 6 was recovered from Bed I of FLK I in Olduvai Gorge. It is comprised of a mandibular third premolar, right maxillary first molar, right maxillary second incisor, and six calvaria fragments from a 5-6 year old Homo habilis child [1][2]. It is one of the hominin remains found in FLK Level 22 [2], which is bracketed by two volcanic tufts, both dated to approximately 1.84 Ma [3][4][5][6]. 

 

Sources

Cited References

  1. 1.

    Olduvai Gorge. The Skulls, Endocasts and Teeth of Homo habilis

    Cambridge University Press

  2. 2.

    Environments and hominin activities across the FLK Peninsula during Zinjanthropus times (1.84 Ma), Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

    Journal of Human Evolution 63(2)

  3. 3.

    40Ar/39Ar dating of Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, and the chronology of early Pleistocene climate change

    Journal of Human Evolution 63(2)

  4. 4.

    Olduvai Gorge Volume 3. Excavations in Beds I and II 1960 -1963

    Cambridge University Press

  5. 5.

    Geology of the Olduvai Gorge

    University of California Press

  6. 6.

    Late Pliocene Homo and Hominid Land Use from Western Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

    Science 299(5610)

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