1.2 Ma - 1.1 Ma
1970
M. Mutala
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Adult
Undetermined
Coming Soon.
Nutcraker Man
1.8 Ma
17 Jul 1959
Mary Leakey
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
530 cc
Young adult
Male
70 kg
Oh 5 was initially assigned to the now defunct species Zinjanthropus boisei by Louis Leakey, who, despite its australopith-like morphologies, maintained his conviction that the Olduvai skull was not Australopithecus because it was found in the same geologic horizon as stone tools. Instead, Leakey argued the cranium belonged to a tool making species "near man," that was the direct ancestor of modern Homo sapiens. Much later Zinjanthropus was rejected in favor of Paranthropus (this genus name reflects the specimen’s robust morphologies and its closer relation to other robust forms like Paranthropus aethiopicus).
1.5 Ma
11 Jan 1964
Richard Leakey and Glynn Isaac
Peninj, Tanzania
Adult
Male
Coming Soon.
1.5 Ma
1970
Paul Abell
Ileret, Lake Turkana, Kenya
Adult
Undetermined
Coming Soon.
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