Homo erectus (2501.1rp30)

3D Model

Homo erectus

Location: Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

Age: 1.2 million years ago.

Material: epoxy resin cast.

Dimensions: length, 206 mm; width, 145 mm; height, 111 mm.

Notes: RLA catalog no. 2501.1rp30 (cast). Fossil discovered in 1960 by Louis Leakey. Partial cranial vault. Cast made by the Wenner-Gren Foundation Casting Program at the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. From the teaching collection of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Jordyn Gray.