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Accession Number AFC988.34.4 Scientific Name Homo ergaster Category mandible Alternate Taxon Homo erectus Fossil Collector Leakey, M.G. Date Collected 1970 Place Collected Africa: Kenya Site East Turkana, Area 103 Age juvenile Description Plastic cast of a mandible Materials plastic Geologic Age Pleistocene Stratigraphy Koobi Fora Fm, Upper Member Pathology peridontal disease, alveolar resorption, intraosseous pocketing DTGEO = Pleistocene