KNM-WT 15000A, KNM-WT 15000, Turkana Boy, Human Fossil
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1984
name: label: Collector
content: K. Kimeu
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: Notes
content: This is a 3D print of sections of a mandible from Homo erectus, KNM-WT 15000A, also known as the Turkana Boy. It is a cast made of plastic PLA filament and painted to replicate the fossil mandible. The 3D print is mostly light brown in color with off-white teeth and measures around 5 cm x 1 cm x 3 cm in size.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 2
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Sep 2022
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Nariokotome, West Turkana, Africa, Kenya, Turkana County
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: EO404735
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