KNM OG-45,500, Early Human, Fossil Hominid
date: label: Collection Date
content: 2003
name: label: Collector
content: R. Potts et al.
label: Discipline
content: Anthropology
label: Region
content: African Region
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Geologic Age
content: 900,000ya
label: Notes
content: Brown plastic cast browridge of KNM OG-45,500. This browridge is part of a braincase discovered by a Smithsonian team at Olorgesailie, a site known since 1942 for abundant stone tools. The discovery, made 62 years after research began there, is the first early human fossil known from Olorgesailie. It is about 900,000 years old. This lot includes two models of the browridge and 6 casts of small skull bone fragments. The browridge cast measures around 9 cm x 8 cm x 3 cm in size. The smallest bone fragment cast measures around 2 cm x 1.7 cm x 0.3 cm in size. Find out more by visiting humanorigins.si.edu
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 8
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Apr 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Olorgesailie, Africa, Kenya
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Homo erectus
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO401762
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Mammalia, Theria, Primates, Hominidae
physicalDescription: label: Is this real?
content: No, it's a cast.
label: Material
content: Plastic, Paint