KNM-BC 1
Exhibit Item
Site:
Chemeron, Kenya
Year of Discovery:
Discovered by:
A team led by Andrew Hill
Age:
About 2.4 million years old
Species:
Homo habilis
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, in north-central Kenya.
