The Nariokotome Homo erectus skeleton (a.k.a. The Turkana Boy; KNM-WT 15000).

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The Nariokotome Homo erectus skeleton (a.k.a. The Turkana Boy; KNM-WT 15000).

Dated to between 1.5 and 1.6 mya, and discovered on the western side of Lake Turkana Kenya in the mid 1980s by Kamoya Kimeu, leader of the paleontological team dubbed the 'Hominid Gang.'

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Homo erectus - A Bigger, Smarter, Faster Hominin Lineage

About two million years ago, a new set of fossils began to appear in the human fossil record. Designated as Homo erectus, they show evidence of increases in both body size and brain size.