Koobi Fora fossil discoveries

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Koobi_Fora_fossil_discoveries
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Koobi_Fora_Research_Project
gptkb:National_Museums_of_Kenya
gptkbp:country gptkb:Kenya
gptkbp:date gptkb:Pliocene
gptkb:Pleistocene
gptkbp:firstMajorDiscovery 1968
gptkbp:fossilTypes stone tools
teeth
skulls
mandibles
postcranial bones
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Koobi Fora fossil discoveries
gptkbp:importantFor evidence for early tool use
insight into paleoenvironment of early hominins
key site for understanding human ancestry
evidence for coexistence of multiple hominin species
gptkbp:location gptkb:Koobi_Fora
gptkbp:notableFinds Homo erectus fossils
Homo habilis fossils
Paranthropus boisei fossils
early stone tools
Australopithecus fossils
gptkbp:notableSpecies gptkb:KNM-ER_1470
gptkb:KNM-ER_1805
gptkb:KNM-ER_1813
gptkb:KNM-ER_3733
gptkb:KNM-ER_3883
gptkb:KNM-ER_406
gptkb:KNM-ER_992
gptkbp:numberOfSpecies over 200 hominid fossils
gptkbp:oldestFossilAge about 4 million years
gptkbp:region gptkb:East_Turkana
gptkbp:researchers gptkb:Richard_Leakey
gptkb:Alan_Walker
gptkb:Mary_Leakey
gptkb:Meave_Leakey
gptkbp:significance diversity of early hominins
evidence for early human evolution
insight into hominin behavior
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Lake Turkana National Parks
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Richard_Leakey
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4