KNM-ER 1813

KNM ER 1813 is a skull of the species Homo habilis. It was discovered in Koobi Fora, Kenya by Kamoya Kimeu in 1973, and is estimated to be 1.9 million years old.

KNM ER 1813
Catalog no.KNM ER 1813
SpeciesHomo habilis
Age1.9 Ma
Place discoveredKoobi Fora, Kenya
Date discovered1973
Discovered byKamoya Kimeu
Forensic reconstruction of an adult female H. habilis by Élisabeth Daynès (2010), based on the KNM ER 1813 cranium.

Its characteristics include an overall smaller size than other Homo habilis finds, but with a fully adult and typical H. habilis morphology.

It is an adult (the third molars were completely erupted and showed signs of wear) with an estimated cranial capacity of only 510 cc.[1]

The designation indicates specimen 1813, collected from the east shore of Lake Rudolf (now Lake Turkana) for the Kenya National Museums.

See also

References
  1. Conroy, Glen C.; Weber, Gerhard W.; Seidler, Horst; Tobias, Phillip V.; Kane, Alex; Brunsden, Barry (1998). "Endocranial Capacity in an Early Hominid Cranium from Sterkfontein, South Africa". Science. 280 (5370): 1730–1731. doi:10.1126/science.280.5370.1730.

Further reading
  • Benazzi, Stefano; Gruppioni, Giorgio; Strait, David S.; Hublin, Jean-Jacques (January 2014). "Technical Note: Virtual reconstruction of KNM-ER 1813 Homo habilis cranium". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 153 (1): 154–160. doi:10.1002/ajpa.22376.
  • Day, M. H.; Leakey, R. E. F.; Walker, A. C.; Wood, B. A. (1976). "New hominids from East Turkana, Kenya". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 45 (3): 369–435. doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330450304.
  • Leakey, R. E. F. (1974). "Further evidence of Lower Pleistocene hominids from East Rudolf, North Kenya, 1973". Nature. 248 (5450): 653–656. doi:10.1038/248653a0.
  • Lieberman, Daniel E.; Pilbeam, David R.; Wood, Bernard A. (1988). "A probabilistic approach to the problem of sexual dimorphism in Homo habilis: a comparison of KNM-ER 1470 and KNM-ER 1813". Journal of Human Evolution. 17 (5): 503–511. doi:10.1016/0047-2484(88)90039-5.
  • Walker, Alan; Leakey, Richard E. F. (1978). "The Hominids of East Turkana". Scientific American. 239 (2): 54–67. JSTOR 24960354.
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