KNM ER 406

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Catalog number: KNM ER 406
Species: Paranthropus boisei
Age: 1.7 mya, Lower Pleistocene
Place discovered: Koobi Fora, Kenya
Date discovered: 1969
Discovered by: Richard Leakey

KNM ER 406 is a fossilized skull of the species Paranthropus boisei. It was discovered in Koobi Fora, Kenya by Richard Leakey in 1969.

It is estimated to be 1.7 million years old.

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Images of KNM ER 406. Retrieved on 2006-07-14.

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