Catalog no. | KNM ER 406 |
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Species | Paranthropus boisei |
Age | 1.7 mya, Lower Pleistocene |
Place discovered | Koobi Fora, Kenya |
Date discovered | 1969 |
Discovered by | Richard Leakey |
KNM ER 406 is an almost complete fossilized skull of the species Paranthropus boisei. It was discovered in Koobi Fora, Kenya by Richard Leakey and H. Mutua in 1969.
It is an adult male with an estimated cranial capacity of 510 cc and age of 1.7 million years.