Specimen List

Homo rudolfensis

KNM-ER 1472

  • Geologic Age: 1.95-1.88 Ma
  • Discovery Date: 1972
  • Discovered By: John Harris
  • Discovery Location: Koobi Fora, Area 131
  • Specimen Age: Adult
  • Sex: Undetermined

Assigned as Homo rudolfensis by Wood (1992), but taxonomic affinity remains uncertain.

KNM-ER 1802

  • Discovery Date: 1973
  • Discovered By: J.M. Harris
  • Discovery Location: Koobi Fora, Kenya
  • Specimen Age: 1.9 - 1.88 Ma

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KNM-ER 1470

  • Geologic Age: 1.9 Ma
  • Discovery Date: August 1972
  • Discovered By: Bernard Ngeneo
  • Discovery Location: Koobi Fora, Kenya
  • Cranial Capacity: 775 cc
  • Specimen Age: Young Adult

The 150 fragments of the KNM-ER 1470 cranium were discovered at Koobi Fora in August 1972, and may have been one of the last fossils examined by Louis Leakey before his death1. This specimen helped to introduced the idea that more than 1 relatively large brained hominin existed in East Africa 1.9 Ma1. KNM-ER 1470 is the type specimen for Homo rudolfensis.