Homo erectus (2501.1rp36)

3D Model

Homo erectus

Location: Koobi Fora, East Turkana, Kenya.

Age: 1.6 million years ago.

Material: epoxy resin cast.

Dimensions: length, 201 mm; width, 139 mm; height, 133 mm.

Notes: RLA catalog no. 2501.1rp36 (cast). Fossil discovered in 1975 by the Koobi Fora Research Project. Cranium. Confirmed contemporaneity of Homo erectus and Australopithecus boisei. Cast made by Bone Clones, Inc. From the teaching collection of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Joy Mersmann.