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Object Number
971-35-50/N9555.0
Display Title
Paranthropus boisei
Descriptions
Object Description
Casts of partial facial fragment, fragmentary frontal, and partial temporal KNM-CH 1 Chesowanja cranium
Classification
- Paleoanthropological
Department
Osteological
Date
1.42 million years ago
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Kenya
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Chesowanja
Intrasite
Chemoigut Formation
Materials
Plastic
Dimensions
Overall: 3.8 × 1.5 × 3.7 cm (1 1/2 × 9/16 × 1 7/16 in.)
Overall: 8.7 × 4.9 × 10.4 cm (3 7/16 × 1 15/16 × 4 1/8 in.)
Overall: 10.5 × 9.4 × 13 cm (4 1/8 × 3 11/16 × 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
KNM-CH 1 N/9555
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| 2015.1.16.31 | Paranthropus boisei |
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Koobi Fora
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| 2015.1.16.44 | Paranthropus boisei |
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Koobi Fora
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| 971-35-50/N9559.0.1 | Paranthropus boisei |
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| 971-35-50/N9559.0.2 | Paranthropus boisei |
Paleoanthropological
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Lake Turkana
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| 2015.1.16.53 | Paranthropus boisei |
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West Turkana
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| 2015.1.16.30 | Paranthropus boisei |
Paleoanthropological
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Koobi Fora
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| 2015.1.16.33 | Paranthropus boisei |
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Koobi Fora
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| 2015.1.16.9 | Paranthropus boisei |
Paleoanthropological
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Koobi Fora
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| 2015.1.16.14 | Paranthropus boisei |
Paleoanthropological
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Koobi Fora
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| 2015.1.16.10 | Paranthropus boisei |
Paleoanthropological
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Koobi Fora
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| 2015.1.16.302 | Paranthropus boisei |
Paleoanthropological
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Koobi Fora
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| 2015.1.16.39 | Paranthropus boisei |
Paleoanthropological
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Koobi Fora
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