KNM ER 992 is a 1.5 million years old fossilized lower jaw discovered by Richard Leakey in 1971 at Lake Turkana, Kenya. The mandible was considered by C. Groves and V. Mazak to be the holotype specimen for Homo ergaster.[1][2][3]
 KNM ER 992 replica | |
| Catalog no. | KNM ER 992 |
|---|---|
| Species | Homo ergaster |
| Age | 1.5 mya |
| Place discovered | Koobi Fora, Kenya |
| Date discovered | 1971 |
| Discovered by | Richard Leakey |
| Originally thought to be Homo habilis; reclassified as Homo ergaster in 1975 | |
See also
edit- List of fossil sites (with link directory)
- List of hominina (hominin) fossils (with images)
References
edit- ^ Groves, C. P.; Mazak, V. (1975). "An Approach to the Taxonomy of the Hominidae: Gracile Villafranchian Hominids of Africa". Casopis Pro Mineralogii a Geologii. 20: 225–247.
- ^ Tattersall (2015). "10 Homo ergaster and Its Contemporaries". In Henke, W.; Tattersall, I. (eds.). Handbook of Paleoanthropology. Berlin, Heidelberg. pp. 1634–1653.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Heslip, Steven (2001). "Homo ergaster". Michigan State University. (broken link)
External links
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Media related to KNM ER 992 at Wikimedia Commons- "Homo ergaster lower jaw cast". Australian Museum. 2001. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- "Images of KNM ER 992". The Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on July 11, 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-14.
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