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Turkana Boy

Homo ergaster
Turkana Boy, also called Nariokotome Boy, is the name given to fossil KNM-WT 15000, a nearly complete skeleton of a Homo ergaster youth who lived 1.5 to 1.6 million years ago. This specimen is the most complete early hominin skeleton ever found. Wikipedia
Organism: Homo ergaster
Species: Homo ergaster
Age: 1.5 - 1.6 mya
Catalog no: KNM-WT 15000
Place discovered: Lake Turkana, Kenya