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Accession Number AFC970.1.6 Scientific Name Paranthropus boisei Category cranium Subcategory occipital Portion fragment Type Status holotype Alternate Taxon Zinjanthropus; Australopithecus boisei Fossil Owner National Museums of Kenya Fossil Collector Leakey, M.D. Date Collected 1959 Place Collected Africa: Tanzania, Olduvai Gorge Site Olduvai Gorge, FLK Description Plastic cast of a cranium, occipital fragment Materials plastic Geologic Age Plio-Pleistocene Stratigraphy Bed I