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turkana boy

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[edit] Fair use for Turkana Boy

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws, and the stricter requirements of Wikipedia's non-free content policies, because:

1. It is a photo of a famous fossil.
2. Fair use is explicitly permitted by the copyright holder as outlined above.
3. The photo is only being used for informational purposes.
4. Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because the fossil is the main subject of the article and the fossil's anatomical features are of extreme importance to the article.
5. It would be difficult if not impossible to obtain quality non-copyrighted photographs of this rare fossil.

[edit] Fair use for List of human evolution fossils

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws, and the stricter requirements of Wikipedia's non-free content policies, because:

1. It is a photo of a famous fossil
2. Fair use is explicitly permitted by the copyright holder as outlined above.
3. The photo is only being used for informational purposes.
4. Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because the fossil the photograph depicts is compared to other human evolution fossils. The ability to compare the physical features of various fossils through their photographs is the one of the main purposes of the article.
5. It would be difficult if not impossible to obtain quality non-copyrighted photographs of this rare fossil.

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