SK 47, Fossil Hominid, Fossil Hominid
name: label: Collector
content: R. Broom
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: Pleistocene
label: Notes
content: Red/brown plaster cast cranium of SK 47, from the species Paranthropus robustus. Only the base portion of the cranium is present, including teeth indicated in light gray. SK 47 is between 1.9 and 1.8 million years old.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Apr 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Swartkrans, Africa, South Africa, Gauteng Province
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 robustus
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO67369
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: Life Stage
content: Juvenile
label: Material
content: Plaster, Paint