The National Museum of Kenya – a Mecca for Archaeologists

 

The Hall of Origins




This may be a replica

 

This may be a replica

 

Entrance to the Homonid Skull Room

 

Paranthropus aethiopicus – 2.5 million years old, found by Alan Walker on the western side of Lake Turkana in 1985

Homo rudolfensis – 1.9 million years old, found by Bernard Ngeneo at Koobi Fora in 1972

 

Homo habilis – 1.9 million years, found by Kamoya Kimeu at Koobi Fora in 1973

 

Homo erectus – 1.75 million years old, found by Bernard Ngeneo at Koobi Fora in 1975

 

Turkana Boy – Homo erectus – 1.5 million years old, most complete skeleton ever found of a complete hominin. Found by Kamoya Kimeu on the western side of Lake Turkana in 1984

 

Turkana Boy (replica)

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