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Ngaloba LH 18

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Site: Laetoli, Tanzania

Year of Discovery: 1976

Discovered by: A team led by Mary Leakey

Age: About 120,000 years old

Species: Homo sapiens

Image of Ngaloba LH 18; Laetoli, Tanzania, 3/4 view — Ngaloba LH 18; Laetoli, Tanzania
(James Di Loreto, & Donald H. Hurlbert, Smithsonian Institution)

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