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| x AL 129-1 |
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AL 129-1 is the fossilized knee joint of the species Australopithecus afarensis. It was discovered in Hadar, Ethiopia by Donald Johanson in November 1973.
It is estimated to be 3-3.2 million years old.
Its characteristics include an elliptical...
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| x AL 200-1 |
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AL200-1 is the fossilized upper palate and teeth of the species Australopithecus afarensis. It was discovered in the Afar Depression in Ethiopia by Donald Johanson in 1975. It is estimated to be 3.0-3.2 million years old.
Its characteristics are an...
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| x Abel |
Abel is the name given to the only specimen ever discovered of Australopithecus bahrelghazali. Abel was found in January 1995 in Chad in the Kanem Region by the paleontologist Michel Brunet, who named the fossil "Abel" in memory of his close friend...
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| x Cro-Magnon 1 |
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Cro-Magnon 1 is a fossilized skull of the species Homo sapiens. It was discovered, with other Cro-Magnon specimens, in Les Eyzies, France by Louis Lartet in 1868.
It is dated to 27.680±270 B.P. The brain cavity measures 1,600 cc.
"Cro-Magnon 1"....
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| x Dakota |
Dakota is the nickname given to a fossil Edmontosaurus from the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota. It is about 67 million years old, placing it in the Maastrichtian, the last stage of the Cretaceous period. It was about 11 m (35 ft) long and...
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| x Dali |
The Dali Skull, or Dali Man , is a nearly complete fossilized skull of a representative of the genus Homo which lived sometime during the Late Middle Pleistocene period. It was discovered by Shuntang Liu in 1978 in Dali County in the Shaanxi...
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| x Gawis cranium |
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The Gawis cranium is a hominid skull discovered on February 16, 2006 near the drainage of Gawis, a tributary of the Awash River in the Afar Depression, Ethiopia. The skull despite volcanic ash layers which hold the key to dating is dated very...
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| x Hofmeyr Skull |
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The Hofmeyr Skull is a specimen of a 36,000 year old human skull found in 1952. It is the only skull discovered in Sub-Saharan Africa which is older than 20,000 years.
The skull was found on the surface of an erosion gully, a dry channel bed of the...
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| x Human fossil bones from the Muierii Cave and the Cioclovina Cave, Romania |
The human fossil bones remains from the Muierii Cave (Peştera Muierilor) dated to the age of 30,150 ± 800 years BP, and Cioclovina Cave, dated to the age of 29,000±700 years BP are among the most ancient early modern humans from the Romanian region....
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| x Jane |
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Jane is the nickname given to a fossil specimen of small tyrannosaurid dinosaur (Nanotyrannus lancinator or a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex, officially known as BMRP 2002.4.1, discovered in the Hell Creek Formation in southern Montana. After four years...
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| x KNM ER 1805 |
KNM ER 1805 is several pieces of a fossilized skull of the species Homo habilis. It was discovered in Koobi Fora, Kenya.
It is estimated to be 1.74 million years old.
Due to its incompleteness it has been the subject of debate as to its...
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| x KNM ER 1813 |
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KNM ER 1813 is a skull. It was discovered in Koobi Fora, Kenya by Kamoya Kimeu in 1973, and is estimated to be 1.9 million years old.
Its characteristics include an overall smaller size than other Homo habilis finds but with a fully adult and...
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| x KNM ER 3733 |
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KNM ER 3733 is a fossilised hominid cranium of the extinct hominid Homo ergaster (or erectus) It was discovered in Koobi Fora, Kenya by Bernard Ngeneo in 1975.
KNM-ER 3733 is one of the oldest Homo ergaster skulls in the world. In a 1989 publication...
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| x KNM ER 406 |
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KNM ER 406 is a fossilized skull of the species Paranthropus boisei. It was discovered in Koobi Fora, Kenya by Richard Leakey in 1969.
It is estimated to be 1.7 million years old.
"Images of KNM ER 406". http://www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/humanorigins/ha...
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| x KNM ER 992 |
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Koobi Fora | Homo ergaster |
KNM ER 992 is a fossilized lower jaw from the species Homo ergaster. It was discovered in Koobi Fora, Kenya by in 1971.
It is estimated to be 1.5 million years old.
"Images of KNM ER 992". http://www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/humanorigins/ha/ER992.html....
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| x KNM WT 17000 |
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KNM WT 17000 (AKA The Black Skull) is a fossilized skull of the species Paranthropus aethiopicus. It was discovered in West Turkana, Kenya by Alan Walker in 1985.
It is estimated to be 2.5 million years old.
Its characteristics include a robust...
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| x La Chapelle-aux Saints 1 |
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La Chapelle-aux-Saints | Neanderthal |
La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1 (also known as 'The Old Man') is a partial skeleton of the species Homo neanderthalensis. It was discovered in La Chapelle-aux-Saints, France by A. and J. Bouyssonie, and L. Bardon in 1908. The remain were first studied by...
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| x La Ferrassie 1 |
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La Ferrassie | Neanderthal |
La Ferrassie 1 is a fossilized skull of the species Homo neanderthalensis. It was discovered in La Ferrassie, France by R. Capitan in 1909.
It is estimated to be 70,000 years old.
Its characteristics include a large occipital bun, low-vaulted...
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| x Little Foot |
"Little Foot" is the nickname given to an extraordinarily complete fossil hominid skeleton found in 1994-1998 in the cave system of Sterkfontein, South Africa.
The original Little Foot specimens were found by paleoanthropologist Ronald J. Clarke in...
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| x Lucy |
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Hadar, Ethiopia | Australopithecus afarensis |
Lucy (also given a second (Amharic) name: dinqineš, or “Dinkenesh,” meaning “You are beautiful” or "you are wonderful") is the common name of AL 288-1, the nearly 40% complete skeleton of an Australopithecus afarensis specimen discovered in 1974 at...
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| x Mauer 1 |
Mauer 1 is a fossilized mandible and the type specimen of the species Homo heidelbergensis. It was discovered by Daniel Hartmann in Mauer, Germany in 1907.
It is estimated to be either about 500,000 or 600,000 years old.
Its characteristics include...
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| x Mrs. Ples |
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Australopithecus africanus |
Mrs. Ples (considered to be 2.15 million years old; Herries. 2003) is the popular nickname for the most complete skull of an Australopithecus africanus specimen ever found in South Africa. Many fossils of this species, which are considered to be the...
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| x NG 6 |
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Ngandong | Homo erectus |
NG 6 is the fossilized upper cranium of the species Homo erectus. It was discovered in Ngandong, Indonesia by C. ter Haar and GHR von Koenigswald in 1931-1933.
Its characteristics include a slightly larger braincase than other erectus samples and a...
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| x Neanderthal 1 |
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Kleine Feldhofer Grotte | Neanderthal |
Feldhofer 1, Neanderthal 1 is the common name for the initial 40 ky old Neanderthal specimen found in Kleine Feldhofer Grotte in August 1856. It represents the beginning of paleoanthropology as a scientific discipline.
The discovery was made in...
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| x OH 24 |
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Olduvai Gorge | Homo habilis |
OH 24 (nicknamed "Twiggy") is a fossilized skull of the species Homo habilis. It was discovered in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania by Peter Nzube in 1968. The skull was found crushed almost flat and was therefore named after the famously skinny model of the...
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| x OH 5 |
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OH 5 (Olduvai Hominid number 5, also known as Zinjanthropus or "Nutcracker Man"; colloquially as "Dear Boy") is a fossilized cranium and the holotype of the species Paranthropus boisei. It was discovered in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, by archaeologist...
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| x OH 7 |
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Olduvai Gorge | Homo habilis |
OH 7 ("Olduvai Hominid № 7") is the type specimen of Homo habilis. The fossils were discovered on November 4, 1960 in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, by Jonathan and Mary Leakey. OH 7, which is dated to approximately 1.75 million years, consists of...
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| x Peninj Mandible |
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Peninj | Paranthropus boisei |
The Peninj Mandible is the fossilized lower jaw and teeth of the species Paranthropus boisei. It was discovered in Peninj, Tanzania by Richard Leakey in 1964.
It is estimated to be 1.5 million years old.
Its characteristics are a heavy build with...
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| x SK 46 |
SK 46 is the fossilized partial cranium and palate of the species Paranthropus robustus. It was discovered in Swartkrans, South Africa by Robert Broom in 1949.
It is estimated to be 1.5-2 million years old.
Its characteristics include large cheek...
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| x SK 48 |
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Swartkrans | Paranthropus robustus |
SK 48 is a fossilized skull of the species Paranthropus robustus. It was found at Swartkrans, South Africa in 1948 by Robert Broom.
It is estimated to be 1.8 million years old.
It is characterized by a robust appearance, bulging and continuous brow,...
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| x STS 14 |
STS 14 is a fossilized pelvis, vertebral column and fragmentary rib and femur of the species Australopithecus africanus. It was discovered at Sterkfontein, South Africa by Robert Broom in August 1947.
It is estimated to be 2.6-2.8 million years old....
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| x STS 71 |
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STS 71 is a fossilized skull of the species Australopithecus africanus. It was discovered in Sterkfontein, South Africa by Robert Broom in 1947. In 1972 John Wallace connected STS 71 with STS 36, a lower jaw found in the same layer, by matching the...
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| x Saccopastore Skulls |
The Saccopastore skulls are a pair of fossilized hominid skulls that were found by the Aniene river in Lazio, Italy. They were located in in a gravel pit about 2.5 km before the Aniene merges into the Tiber river. The first skull was discovered in...
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| x Saldanha man |
Saldanha man also known as Saldanha cranium or Elandsfontein cranium are fossilized remains of a hominid species believed to be Homo heidelbergensis. The remains were found in Elandsfontein, located in the Saldanha Bay of South Africa.
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| x Sangiran 2 |
Sangiran 2 is the fossilized upper cranium of the species Homo erectus. It was discovered in Sangiran, Indonesia by GHR von Koenigswald in 1937.
It is estimated to be 0.7-1.6 million years old.
Its characteristics include a long low plane behind the...
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| x Selam |
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Selam (DIK-1/1) is the fossilized skull and other skeletal remains of a 3-year-old Australopithecus afarensis female whose bones were first found in Dikika, Ethiopia in 2000 and recovered over the following years. She is often nicknamed Lucy's baby....
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| x Specimens of Tyrannosaurus |
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Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the most popular dinosaurs, is known from numerous specimens, some of which have acquired a degree of notability in their own right because of their scientific importance and coverage by the media. See Tyrannosaurus for...
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| x Steinheim Skull |
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The Steinheim skull is a fossilized skull of an archaic Homo sapiens or Homo heidelbergensis found in 1933 near Steinheim an der Murr (20 km north of Stuttgart, Germany).
It is an estimated 250,000 to 350,000 years old. The skull is slightly...
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| x Sue |
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"Sue" is the nickname given to FMNH PR 2081, which is the largest, most complete and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimen ever found. It was discovered in the summer of 1990 by Sue Hendrickson, a paleontologist, and was named after her. It is...
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| x TM 1517 |
TM 1517 is a fossilized skull and lower mandible of the species Paranthropus robustus. It was discovered at Kromdraai, South Africa in 1938 by Robert Broom.
Its characteristics include bony ear tubes positioned below the plane of the cheek bones ...
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| x Taung Child |
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The Taung Child — or Taung Baby — is the fossilized skull of a young Australopithecus africanus individual. It was discovered in 1924 by quarrymen working for the Northern Lime Company in Taung, South Africa. Raymond Dart (1893-1988), an anatomist...
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| x Trachodon mummy |
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The Trachodon mummy is a very well-preserved fossil of Edmontosaurus annectens, a duckbilled dinosaur. It was found by Charles Hazelius Sternberg and his three sons near Lusk, Wyoming, USA in 1908. Although Sternberg was working under contract to...
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| x Trinil 2 |
Trinil 2 is the fossilized upper cranium of the species Homo erectus. It was discovered in Trinil, Indonesia by Eugene Dubois in 1891.
Dubois initially classified it as Pithecanthropus erectus but it was reclassified in the 1950s by Ernst Mayr when...
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| x Turkana Boy |
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Turkana Boy or Nariokotome Boy is the designation given to fossil KNM-WT 15000, a nearly complete skeleton of an 11- or 12-year-old hominid boy who died 1.5 million years ago in the early Pleistocene. The skeleton was discovered in 1984 by Kamoya...
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| x Wal-Mart camel |
The Wal-Mart camel is the bone fossil of a prehistoric camel (Camelops sp.) found at a future Wal-Mart store in Mesa, Arizona in 2007. Workers digging a hole for an ornamental citrus tree found the bones of a camel that lived 10,000 years ago....
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| x Darwinius masillae |
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Messel Shale Pit | Adapid | Eocene | |
| x Predator X |
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Svalbard | Pliosaur |
Predator X is an informal name for a prehistoric marine predator, thought by scientists to be a new species in the Pliosaur family. The skull of the predator was excavated in mid-2008 in Svalbard, near the Arctic, by a Norwegian team lead by Dr....
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| x Ardi | Awash River | Ardipithecus | |||
