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To: VadeRetro
An excellent review but--no pictures!

Here is a transitional for everyone's viewing pleasure (a cute young lady transitional besides). Go to the bottom for a chart showing her position in the scheme of things (hint--about the middle):




Fossil: KNM-ER 3733

Site: Koobi Fora (Upper KBS tuff, area 104), Lake Turkana, Kenya (4, 1)

Discovered By: B. Ngeneo, 1975 (1)

Estimated Age of Fossil: 1.75 mya * determined by Stratigraphic, faunal, paleomagnetic & radiometric data (1, 4)

Species Name: Homo ergaster (1, 7, 8), Homo erectus (3, 4, 7), Homo erectus ergaster (25)

Gender: Female (species presumed to be sexually dimorphic) (1, 8)

Cranial Capacity: 850 cc (1, 3, 4)

Information: Tools found in same layer (8, 9). Found with KNM-ER 406 A. boisei (effectively eliminating single species hypothesis) (1)

Interpretation: Adult (based on cranial sutures, molar eruption and dental wear) (1)

See original source for notes:
Source: http://www.mos.org/evolution/fossils/fossilview.php?fid=33

Source: http://wwwrses.anu.edu.au/environment/eePages/eeDating/HumanEvol_info.html

156 posted on 06/14/2006 4:29:13 PM PDT by Coyoteman (Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death--Heinlein)
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To: Coyoteman
That ergaster could well be a composite of at least 2 may 3 or separate 'skulls' made up with (just how many?) fragments of uncertain origin, somewhat poor fit in areas, & fill in the blank in others.

W.
159 posted on 06/14/2006 4:49:28 PM PDT by RunningWolf (2-1 Cav 1975)
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