KNM-ER 1813 explained

Catalog Number:	KNM ER 1813
Species:	Homo habilis
Age:	1.9 Ma
Place Discovered:	Koobi Fora, Kenya
Date Discovered:	1973
Discovered By:	Kamoya Kimeu

KNM ER 1813 is a skull of the species Homo habilis. It was discovered in Koobi Fora, Kenya by Kamoya Kimeu in 1973, and is estimated to be 1.9 million years old.

Its characteristics include an overall smaller size than other Homo habilis finds, but with a fully adult and typical H. habilis morphology.

It is an adult (the third molars were completely erupted and showed signs of wear) with an estimated cranial capacity of only 510 cc.^[1]

The designation indicates specimen 1813, collected from the east shore of Lake Rudolf (now Lake Turkana) for the Kenya National Museums.

See also

List of fossil sites (with link directory)
List of human evolution fossils (with images)

Further reading

Benazzi. Stefano. Gruppioni. Giorgio. Strait. David S.. Hublin. Jean-Jacques. Technical Note: Virtual reconstruction of KNM-ER 1813 Homo habilis cranium. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. January 2014. 153. 1. 154–160. 10.1002/ajpa.22376. 24318950 .
Day. M. H.. Leakey. R. E. F.. Walker. A. C.. Wood. B. A.. New hominids from East Turkana, Kenya. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 1976. 45. 3. 369–435. 10.1002/ajpa.1330450304. 826171 .
Leakey. R. E. F.. Further evidence of Lower Pleistocene hominids from East Rudolf, North Kenya, 1973. Nature. 1974. 248. 5450. 653–656. 10.1038/248653a0. 4833266 . 1974Natur.248..653L . 4166694 .
Lieberman. Daniel E.. Pilbeam. David R.. Wood. Bernard A.. A probabilistic approach to the problem of sexual dimorphism in Homo habilis: a comparison of KNM-ER 1470 and KNM-ER 1813. Journal of Human Evolution. 1988. 17. 5. 503–511. 10.1016/0047-2484(88)90039-5.
Walker. Alan. Leakey. Richard E. F.. The Hominids of East Turkana. Scientific American. 1978. 239. 2. 54–67. 10.1038/scientificamerican0878-54 . 24960354. 98842 . 1978SciAm.239b..54W .

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Notes and References

Conroy. Glen C.. Weber. Gerhard W.. Seidler. Horst. Tobias. Phillip V.. Kane. Alex. Brunsden. Barry. Endocranial Capacity in an Early Hominid Cranium from Sterkfontein, South Africa. Science. 1998. 280. 5370. 1730–1731. 10.1126/science.280.5370.1730. 9624045 . 1998Sci...280.1730C .