Fossil:

BOU-VP-2/66

Site:

Middle Awash
Afar, Ethiopia (36)

Discovered By:

W. Henry Gilbert
12,27,1997 (36)

Estimated Age of Fossil:

1 mya
* determined by Faunal, paleomagnetic & radiometric data (36)

Species Name:

Homo erectus (36)
Homo erectus ergaster (36)

Gender:

Unknown (36)

Cranial Capacity:

995 cc (36)

Information:

Found with 3 femora and tibia (36)

Interpretation:

Perhaps unites African finds and Asian finds into one species- Homo erectus (36)
Cutmarks on skull (tentatively attributed to animal gnawing) (36)
Argued by authors that Homo erectus, represented by Daka, was ancestor of Homo sapiens (36)

Nickname:

Daka (36)