Turkana Boy

Local nameTurkana Boy
LocationTurkana County, Kenya

Turkana Boy, also called Nariokotome Boy, is the name given to fossil KNM-WT 15000, a nearly complete skeleton of a Homo ergaster youth who lived 1.5 to 1.6 million years ago. This specimen is the most complete early hominin skeleton ever found.

It was discovered in 1984 by Kamoya Kimeu on the bank of the Nariokotome River near Lake Turkana in Kenya.Estimates of the individual's age at death range from 7 to 11 years old.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkana_Boy

Address D348, Kenya

Coordinates 4°7'53.629" N 35°52'37.685" E

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