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Homo rudolfensis
Temporal range: Pliocene
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Family:
Hominidae
Genus:
Homo
Species:
H. rudolfensis
Binomial name
†Homo rudolfensis
Alexeev, 1986

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. The scientific name Homo rudolfensis was proposed in 1986 by V. P. Alexeev for the specimen Skull 1470 (KNM ER 1470). Skull 1470 has an estimated age of 1.9 million years.

HPCR-UR 501-03
UR 501 (original specimen), the eldest fossil of Genus Homo

Images for kids

  • Homo rudolfensis

    Reconstruction of H. rudolfensis by Mauricio Antón

  • Homo rudolfensis KNM-ER 1802 IMG 5634 BMNH

    KNM-ER 1802

  • Homo rudolfensis (KNM-ER 1470 cast) and Homo habilis (KNM-ER 1813 cast) at Göteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum 8595

    KNM-ER 1470 H. rudolfensis (left) vs KNM-ER 1813 H. habilis (right)

  • HPCR-UR 501-01

    UR 501, the oldest H. rudolfensis specimen

  • KNM-ER 1470 with jaw

    Reconstruction of KNM-ER 1470 skull and jaw

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