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Accession Number AFC978.3.1b Scientific Name Homo rudolfensis Category cranium Subcategory calvarium Alternate Taxon Pithecanthropus rudolfensis; Homo habilis; Homo erectus/ergaster; Homo sp. Fossil Owner National Museums of Kenya Casting Department Fossil Collector Ngeneo, B. Date Collected 1972 Place Collected Africa: Kenya Site East Turkana, Area 131 Description Plastic cast of a cranium, calvarium Materials plastic Geologic Age Plio-Pleistocene Stratigraphy Koobi Fora Fm, Lower Member