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KNM-BC 1

USNM 145303 Pongo pygmaeus cranium
Orangutan, Borneo (USNM 145303)
USNM 145303 Pongo pygmaeus mandible
Orangutan, Borneo (USNM 145303)
USNM 145304 Pongo pygmaeus cranium
Orangutan, Borneo (USNM 145304)
USNM 145304 Pongo pygmaeus mandible
Orangutan, Borneo (USNM 145304)
USNM 145305 Pongo pygmaeus cranium
Orangutan, Borneo (USNM 145305)
USNM 145305 Pongo pygmaeus mandible
Orangutan, Borneo (USNM 145305)
USNM 145306 Pongo pygmaeus Cranium
Orangutan, Borneo (USNM 145306)
USNM 145306 Pongo pygmaeus mandible
Orangutan, Borneo (USNM 145306)
USNM 145307 Pongo pygmaeus mandible
Orangutan, Borneo (USNM 145307)
USNM 145307 Pongo pygmaeus cranium
Orangutan, Borneo (USNM 145307)
USNM 145308 Pongo pygmaeus cranium
Orangutan, Borneo (USNM 145308)
USNM 145308 Pongo pygmaeus mandible
Orangutan, Borneo (USNM 145308)
USNM 145309 Pongo pygmaeus cranium
Orangutan, Borneo (USNM 145309)
USNM 145309 Pongo pygmaeus mandible
Orangutan, Borneo (USNM 145309)
USNM 145310 Pongo Pygmaeus cranium
Orangutan, Borneo (USNM 145310)
USNM 145310 Pongo pygmaeus mandible
Orangutan, Borneo (USNM 145310)
 
USNM 143603 Pongo abelii mandible
Orangutan, Sumatra (USNM 143603)
USNM 267325 Pongo abelii cranium
Orangutan, Sumatra (USNM 267325)
USNM 267325 Pongo abelii mandible
Orangutan, Sumatra (USNM 267325)
USNM 270807 Pongo abelii Cranium
Orangutan, Sumatra (USNM 270807)
USNM 270807 Pongo abelii mandible
Orangutan, Sumatra (USNM 270807)
USNM 283737 Pongo abelii Cranium
Orangutan, Sumatra (USNM 283737)
USNM 283737 Pongo abelii mandible
Orangutan, Sumatra (USNM 283737)
USNM 293165 Pongo abelii cranium
Orangutan, Sumatra (USNM 293165)
USNM 293165 Pongo abelii mandible
Orangutan, Sumatra (USNM 293165)
USNM 578647 Pongo abelii cranium
Orangutan, Sumatra (USNM 578647)
USNM 578647 Pongo abelii mandible
Orangutan, Sumatra (USNM 578647)
USNM 291064 Ateles geoffroyi ornatus cranium
Ornate Spider Monkey (USNM 291064)
USNM 291064 Ateles geoffroyi ornatus mandible
Ornate Spider Monkey (USNM 291064)
USNM 336202 Ateles geoffroyi ornatus cranium
Ornate Spider Monkey, Panama (USNM 336202)
USNM 336202 Ateles geoffroyi ornatus mandible
Ornate Spider Monkey, Panama (USNM 336202)
USNM 270440 Erythrocebus patas cranium
Patas Monkey (USNM 270440)
 

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KNM-BC 1
Date of Discovery: 1967
Discovered by: A team led by Andrew Hill
Age: About 2.4 million years old
Fossil Name: KNM-BC 1
Location of Discovery: Chemeron, Kenya

Earliest Homo?

This right temporal bone, or ear region, from a 2.4-million-year-old skull may represent the earliest population of the genus Homo - the lineage to which our species belongs. The fossil comes from the Baringo Basin, north-central Kenya.

Early Homo species