Turkana Boy

Etymology
Named after, Kenya, near which the fossil was discovered in 1984 by Kenyan palaeontologist , on the bank of the Nariokotome River.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The nearly complete fossilised skeleton of a  youth (estimated 7–11 years old at death) who lived 1.5 to 1.6 million years ago.
 * 2) * 1999, Barry Bogin, Patterns of Human Growth,, 2nd Edition, page 202,
 * As is no chimpanzee, Turkana boy’s true age at death was probably between seven and 11 years. What is clear is that the Turkana boy followed a pattern of growth that is neither that of a modern human nor that of a chimpanzee.
 * 1) * 2009,, The Greatest Show on Earth, Simon & Schuster (Free Press), page 197,
 * The most famous specimen of, and one of the most complete pre-human fossils ever found, is the Turkana Boy, or Nariokotome Boy, discovered by Kamoya Kimeu, star fossil-finder of Richard Leakey's team of palaeontologists.
 * The Turkana Boy lived approximately 1.6 million years ago and died at the age of about eleven.
 * The Turkana Boy lived approximately 1.6 million years ago and died at the age of about eleven.

Translations

 * French: garçon du Turkana
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