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Turkana Boy (KNM-WT 15000)

  • joshua nugent
  • Jul 16
  • 1 min read

Category: Paleontology — Africa

Location: Nariokotome, Lake Turkana, Kenya

Geological Age / Epoch: Early Pleistocene, ~1.5-1.6 Ma

Discovery Context: Kamoya Kimeu / Leakey team, 1984

Coordinates: 4.15, 35.87

Scientific Impact: Most complete Homo erectus skeleton; revealed near-modern body proportions.

 
 
 

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