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Turkana Boy (Nariokotome)

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Brown et al give the approximate location in their referenced article. 

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Turkana Boy

Turkana Boy, also called Nariokotome Boy, is the common name of Homo erectus[2] fossil KNM-WT 15000,[nb 1] a nearly complete skeleton of a hominin youth who lived during the early Pleistocene. This specimen is the most complete early human skeleton ever found. It is believed to be between 1.5 and 1.6 million years old.

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