Replica Kenyanthropus Skull
$280
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KNM-WT-40000 Discovered by Meave Leakey and her team in 1998 west of Lake Turkana, Kenya, K. platyops is described in the March 2001 issue of Nature as a new genus dating back to the middle Pliocene, 3.5 MYA., challenging A. afarensis “Lucy” as the direct ancestor of modern humans. Skull includes right temporal bone with mandibular fossa and mastoid process.
Specifications:
- Skull Length: 16.3cm
- Skull Width: 11.3cm
- Skull Height: 12.4cm
Origin: Lake Turkana, Kenya 3.5 - 3.2mya
Product of Bone Clones
Specs
| real replica | Replica |
| catalog type | Catalog Product |
| skeleton type | Skull |
| common class | Fossils |
| scientific class | Fossil Hominids |
| scientific order | Order: Fossil Hominids |
| scientific family | Family: Fossil Hominidae |
| scientific genus | Kenyanthropus |
| scientific species | platyops |