This is a 3D print of sections of a mandible from Homo erectus, KNM-WT 15000A, also known as the Turkana Boy. It is a cast made of plastic PLA filament and painted to replicate the fossil mandible. The 3D print is mostly light brown in color with off-white teeth and measures around 5 cm x 1 cm x 3 cm in size.
- Catalog Number:
- 404735
- Object/Specimen Description:
- Specimen Count:
- 2
- Collector:
- K. Kimeu
- Precise Locality:
Nariokotome, West Turkana
- Locality:
- African Region
- Preparation Type:
- Cast
- Collecting Locality:
- Africa, Kenya, Turkana County
- Upper Level Taxonomy:
- Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Mammalia, Theria, Primates, Hominidae