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Object Number
2015.1.16.205.1
Display Title
Homo habilis
Descriptions
Object Description
Cast of fragmentary cranial vault, partial mandible and fragmentary right maxilla of OH 13
Classification
- Paleoanthropological
Department
Osteological
Date
1.7 million years ago
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Tanzania
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Olduvai Gorge
Intrasite
Loc. MNK, Archaeology Site no. 71a, Clayey tuff horizon 1.8 m thick, approximately 3 m above Tuff IIA, Lower Bed II
Materials
Plastic
Dimensions
Overall: 10 × 9.3 × 5.3 cm (3 15/16 × 3 11/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
Overall: 4.4 × 1.9 × 4.4 cm (1 3/4 × 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.)
Overall: 5.5 × 7.1 × 9.3 cm (2 3/16 × 2 13/16 × 3 11/16 in.)
Overall: 3.4 × 3.8 × 6.6 cm (1 5/16 × 1 1/2 × 2 5/8 in.)
Quantity
4
Label on object
OH 13B; OH 13A; Olduvai H13 1536; OH 13 Homo Habilis Olduvai Bed II MNK 1536 OH13
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| 2015.1.16.205.2 | Homo habilis |
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| 2015.1.16.211 | Homo habilis |
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| 2015.1.16.204 | Homo habilis |
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| 2015.1.16.204.1 | Homo habilis |
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| 2015.1.16.203.2 | Homo habilis |
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| 2015.1.16.203.1 | Homo habilis |
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| 2015.1.16.203 | Homo habilis |
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| 2015.1.16.292 | Homo habilis |
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| 2015.1.16.299 | Homo habilis |
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| 2015.1.16.466 | Homo habilis |
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| 2015.1.16.205 | Homo habilis |
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| 2015.1.16.212 | Homo habilis |
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