Turkana Boy
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Turkana Boy, also called Nariokotome Boy, is the name given to fossil KNM-WT 15000, a nearly complete skeleton of a Homo ergaster youth who lived 1.5 to 1.6 million years ago. This specimen is the most complete early hominin skeleton ever found.[1] It was discovered in 1984 by Kamoya Kimeu on the bank of the Nariokotome River near Lake Turkana in Kenya.[2][3]
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Catalog no. | KNM-WT 15000 |
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Common name | Turkana Boy, Nariokotome Boy |
Species | Homo ergaster (also referred to as African Homo erectus) |
Age | 1.5 - 1.6 mya |
Place discovered | Lake Turkana, Kenya |
Date discovered | 1984 |
Discovered by | Kamoya Kimeu/Richard Leakey |
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Estimates of the individual's age at death range from 7 to 11 years old.[4]