KNM ER 3883

KNM ER 3883: frontal view
KNM ER 3883:  3/4 view
KNM ER 3883: side view
Species: Homo ergaster
Age: ~1.5 million years
Date of Discovery: 1976
Location: Koobi Fora, Kenya
Discovered by: Richard Leakey

A skull cap with an intact right orbit, the KNM ER 3883 fossil was originally attributed to the species Homo erectus. But with reclassification of the African population, it has been newly assigned to Homo ergaster. Notice the lack of a sulcus behind the massive browridges. Compare the shape of the back of the skull with Asian Homo erectus. Based on the degree of robusticity, the skull is thought to belong to a male individual.


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