KNM-ER 1481
Exhibit Item
Site:
Koobi Fora, Kenya
Year of Discovery:
Discovered by:
John M. Harris
Age:
About 1.89 million years old
Species:
Homo erectus
No Scan
Longer legs and travel to new regions
This long 1.89 million year old femur (thigh bone), KNM-ER 1481 from Koobi Fora, Kenya, enabled its owner, a Homo erectus individual, to take long strides and therefore to walk farther and faster than earlier humans.
