Abstract

The Upper Pleistocene (UP) African hominin fossil record is extremely scarce. Only two well-preserved specimens dated to 50,000-30,000 years ago are available: the Hofmeyr cranium from South Africa, and the Nazelt Khater 2 (NK2) skeleton from Egypt. Here, we present a new hominin calvarium (NG1) found in 2015 at Ngingolea Idome (West Turkana, Kenya) and directly dated to 30,000-33,000 years ago by U-series. The NG1 calvarium was reconstructed from multiple small fragments which were found on ...

Talk to us

Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have

Schedule a call

Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.