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To: PatrickHenry
Just to get in early:


This is a transitional. Note its position in the chart which follows (hint--in the upper center):




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

11 posted on 07/07/2006 3:06:53 PM PDT by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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To: Coyoteman

Yup - we got us another Dead Head Thread. It's headed for the microbe lagoon as we speak.


14 posted on 07/07/2006 3:16:33 PM PDT by furball4paws (Awful Offal)
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