Turkana Boy model head. Exhibition display photograph showing the reconstruction of the head of Turkana Boy,a specimen of the hominin Homo ergaster. Also known as Nariokotome Boy,this specimen is catalogued as KNM-WT 15000. It consists of an almost complete fossil skeleton,and dates from around 1.5 million years ago. It was found in 1984 near Lake Turkana in Kenya. This specimen is sometimes classified as Homo erectus. The markers in use here indicate the thickness of tissue to be sculpted during the construction of the model. Reconstruction by the Daynes Studio,Paris,France | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Crepin, D. / Daynes, E. |
Bildgröße: | 3661 px × 5081 px |
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