KNM-ER 406, Fossil Hominid
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1969
name: label: Collector
content: R. Leakey & H. Mutua
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: 1.7 mya
label: Notes
content: Brown skull cast of KNM-ER 406. This skull cast is nearly a complete adult male Paranthropus boisei. It has the facial and cranial features typical of the species such as massive cheek teeth, and the widely flaring zygomatic arches with a forward placed connection to the other facial bones, and large cheek bones supported powerful chewing muscles - the latter two features giving it a "dish-shaped" face. Other muscles extended from his jaw to the sagittal crest at the top of his head. The cranial capacity of this skull has been estimated at 510 cubic centimeters. It is about 1.7 million years old. The cast measures around 18 cm x 17 cm x 12 cm in size. Find out more by visiting humanorigins.si.edu
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Nov 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Koobi Fora, 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: Paranthropus boisei
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO401763
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Mammalia, Primates, Hominidae
physicalDescription: label: Is this real?
content: No, it's a cast.
label: Material
content: Plastic, Paint