Homo rudolfensis ( also `` Australopithecus rudolfensis '' ) is an extinct species of the Hominini tribe known only through a handful of representative fossils , the first of which was discovered by Bernard Ngeneo , a member of a team led by anthropologist Richard Leakey and zoologist Meave Leakey in 1972 , at Koobi Fora on the east side of Lake Rudolf ( now Lake Turkana ) in Kenya .
Homo rudolfensis is a fossil hominin species discovered by Bernard Ngeneo , a member of a team led by anthropologist Richard Leakey and zoologist Meave Leakey in 1972 , at Koobi Fora on the east side of Lake Rudolf ( now Lake Turkana ) in Kenya .