Fossil:

KNM-ER 406

Source: Casts of original fossil

Site:

Koobi Fora (Upper KBS tuff, area 10)
Lake Turkana, Kenya (4, 1)

Discovered By:

R. Leakey and H. Mutua
1969 (1)

Estimated Age of Fossil:

1.7 mya
* determined by Stratigraphic, faunal, paleomagnetic & radiometric data (1, 4, 5, 6)

Species Name:

Paranthropus boisei (2)
Australopithecus boisei (1)

Gender:

Male (based on sagittal crest) (1)

Cranial Capacity:

510 cc (1, 2)

Information:

Tools found in same layer (1)

Interpretation:

Believed not to have made tools (1)
Bone disease behind left eye orbit (possible abscess) (1)