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SK 847
SK 847
Exhibit Item
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Site: Swartkrans, Republic of South Africa
Year of Discovery: 1969
Discovered by: Ronald Clarke
Age: Between 1.8 and 1.5 million years old
Species: Homo habilis
This fossil has similarities to early African Homo erectus, sometimes known as Homo ergaster. Yet it shows other similarities to Homo habilis, also known to occur from eastern to southern Africa.
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March 30, 2016
