Fossil:

Bodo

Source: Casts of original fossil. American Museum of Natural History.

Site:

Middle Awash
Afar, Ethiopia (1)

Discovered By:

A. Asfaw, P. Whitehead, C. Wood
10,1976 (1)

Estimated Age of Fossil:

600,000 ya
* determined by Radiometric, stratigraphic & archaeological data (33)

Species Name:

Homo heidelbergensis (1, 7)
Homo erectus (25, 33, 36)

Gender:

Unknown (1)

Cranial Capacity:

1100 cc (15)

Information:

Found with Acheulean stone tools and butchered animal remains (1)

Interpretation:

Transition fossil linking Homo erectus and Homo sapiens (1)
Cranium exhibits cut marks- perhaps a result of defleshing (1)