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FOSSIL HOMINID SPECIES LIST Download the complete list of fossil hominid specimens (Excel format) - Coming Soon |
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FOSSIL SPECIES Ardipithecus ramidus kebbada Australopithecus bahrelghazali Homo ergaster Homo georgensis Homo sapiens
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SPECIMEN NOMENCLATURE AL = Afar Locality (Ethiopia) ARA-VP = Aramis (Ethiopia) BOU-VP = Bouri Vertebrate Paleontology (Ethiopia) ER = East (Lake) Rudolph (Kenya) KNM-ER = Kenya National Museum-East Rudolf KNM-WT= Kenya National Museum-West Turkana KNM-LU = Kenya National Museum-Lukeino formation KP = Kanapoi (Kenya) LH = Laetoli Hominid OH = Olduvai Hominid (Tanzania) SK = Swartkrans (South Africa) Sts or Stw = Sterkfontein (South Africa) TM = Transvaal Museum ? TM = Toros-Menalla (Chad) WT = West (Lake) Turkana (Kenya)
EXTERNAL LINKS Gallery of some primates and fossil skulls in 3D The eSkeleton Project with neat comparative skulls
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SPECIMEN NUMBER (Sorted by main fossil species)
KNM LU 335 (lower molar) BAR 349'00 (phalanx) BAR 1215'00 (fragment of femur) BAR 1002'00 (fragment of mandibule) BAR 1000b'00 (fragment of mandibule) BAR 1002'00 (Proximal fragment of left femur) holotype BAR 1004'00 (Distal fragment of right humerus) BAR 1003'00 (Proximal fragment of left femur) BAR 1001'00 (Incisor) BAR 1390'00 (P4) BAR 1425'00 (Upper right canine) BAR 1426'00 (Left M3) BAR 1900'00 (Right M3)
Omo 18 (mandible) KNM-WT 17000 (the "black skull") L55s-33: mandible fragment (Level C6; Omo deposits North of Lake Turkana)
ARA-VP 1/129 ARA-VP 1/125 (cranium fragment) ARA-VP 1/500 (cranium fragment)
Ardipithecus ramidus kebbada
KNM-KP 271 (distal fragment of humerus) KNM-KP 29281 (mandible; type-specimen) KNM-KP 29283 (near complete maxilla) KNM-KP 29285 (fragment of tibia) KNM-KP 29287 (fragment of mandible without teeth)
KNM-WT 40000 (near complete cranium; holotype) KNM-WT 40001(right temporal bone) KNM-WT 38350 (left fragment of maxilla; paratype) KNM-WT 38343A (right fragment of maxilla with 3 P3 roots and 1 canine) KNM-WT 8556 (according to Leakey et al. 2001) KNM-WT 16006 (according to Leakey et al. 2001)
OH 3 OH 5 ( cranium without mandible) OH 38 KNM-ER 406 KNM-ER 729 KNM-ER 732 OMO L. 7a-125
Drimolen Cave, South Africa DNH 7 "Eurydice" (Skull) DNH 8 "Orpheus" (Male, Lower Jaw) Swartkrans, South Africa SK 6 ( Mandible with teeth) SK 12 ( Cranium) SK 13/14 ( Cranium) SK 23 ( Mandible) SK 34 ( Mandible) SK 46 ( Cranium) SK 47 (fragment of cranium) SK 48 (near complete cranium) 3/4 View Side View Maxilla View SK 49 ( Cranium) SK 52 ( Cranium) SK 54 ( Skull with teeth marks) SK 55 ( Cranium) SK 65 ( Cranium) SK 79 ( Cranium) SK 83 ( Cranium) SK 848 ( Cranium) SK 1585 (endocast) SK 1586 ( Mandible) SKW 5 ( Mandible) SKW 8 ( Cranium) SKW 11 ( Cranium) SKW 29 ( Cranium) SKW 2581 ( Cranium) SKX 265 ( Cranium) SKX 4446 ( Mandible) SKX 5013 ( Mandible) TM 1517 (partial cranium) Kromdraai, South Africa Tm 1517 a&b ( Maxilla Fragment (a) and Mandible (b)) Tm 1517 a Side View Tm 1517 a Front View Tm 1517 b Side View
BOU-VP-12/130: cranial fragments (frontal, parietal, maxilla with teeth)
Hadar, Ethiopia AL 33-125 (Cranium) AL 58-22 (Cranium) AL 128-23 (Mandible) AL 129 ("Johanson's Knee") AL 129-1A AL 129-1B AL 188-1 (Mandible) AL 198-1 (Mandible) AL 199-1(Cranium) AL 200 (Maxilla) AL 266-1 (Mandible) AL 277-1 (Mandible) AL 288-1 ("Lucy") AL 400 -la (Mandible) AL 417-1 (Cranium) KNM-ER 2602 (Cranium) Garusi 1 (Cranium)
Laetoli, Tanzania LH 2 (Juvenile Mandible) LH 3 (Canine) LH 4 (Type Specimen) LH 5 (Maxilla) LH 6 (P3) LH 15 LH 21 Makapansgat, South Africa MAK-VP- 1/1 (Humerus) MAK-VP-1/3 (Humerus) MAK-VP-1/12 (Mandible) VP 1/2 WT 22944
Australopithecus bahrelghazali STS 5 STS 14 STS 36 STS 52 STS 71 "Taung Child" STW 505
KNM-ER 1813 OH 7 Type Specimen (Left parietal, fragment of right parietal, mandible with teeth, finger and hand bones) OH 8 near complete foot OH 13 "Cinderella" (Mandible, fragment of maxilla, teeth, fragment of cranial vault, some postcranial fragments) OH 16 OH 24 "Twiggy" OH 62 "Lucy Child" (maxilla fragments, femur fragment, upper limb bones)
Homo ergaster Homo georgensis? Homo sapiens
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