Koobi Fora, east of Lake Turkana (formerly lake Rudolf), Kenya
Date discovered
1976
Discovered by
Richard Leakey
KNM ER 3883 is the catalogue number of a fossilized skull (nearly complete cranium) of the species Homo ergaster (alternatively referred to as African Homo erectus). The fossil was discovered by Richard Leakey in 1976 in Koobi Fora, east of Lake Turkana (formerly lake Rudolf), Kenya.[1]
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KNMER3883 is the catalogue number of a fossilized skull (nearly complete cranium) of the species Homo ergaster (alternatively referred to as African...
Lake Turkana. The most notable finds were two partial skulls; KNMER 3733 and KNMER3883, found at Koobi Fora. Leakey and Walker assigned these skulls...
old. KNMER 3733 is a find of a near-complete cranium. Its brain size is about 850ccm. KNMER 3733 was compared to male fossils KNMER3883 and KNM WT 15000...
Paleontology, Ethiopia D – Dmanisi, Georgia ER – East (Lake) Rudolf, Kenya KGA – Konso-Gardula, Ethiopia KNM – Kenya National Museum KP – Kanapoi, Kenya...
substantially longer than what is measured in the H. erectus specimens KNMER 3733, KNMER3883, Sangiran 2, or Trinil 2, which each have an estimated brain volume...
Leakey's earlier expeditions. In 1978 an intact cranium of Homo erectus (KNMER3883) was discovered. Leakey was diagnosed with a terminal kidney disease...
pronouncement, thickness). They suggested affiliation with Homo erectus KNMER 3733 and 3883, with dissimilarities to Homo habilis, Arago, Swanscombe, Broken...
affinities with two fossils from the Koobi Fora region of Africa, KNM-ER 3733 and KNM-ER3883. These are attributed to Homo ergaster, which is very different...
scholarly literature by KNM, KNM-ET or KNM-ER, where ET and ER stand for East Turkana and East Rudolf, respectively, or just plain ER. Some notable areas...
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