Narikatome Boy (Homo ergaster)
On Shelf #4: Colloquially known as either “The Nariokotome Boy” or “The Turkana Boy” since his remains were unearthed near the Nariokotome River which drains into Lake Turkana are the remains known to anthropology as KNM-WT 15000 (Homo ergaster, [found by Kamoya Kimeu in 1984 near Lake Turkana in Kenya; ~1.5 Mya]). On the shelf, you will see replicas of his skull and his pelvis. His pelvis shows that he walked on two feet much as we modern humans do. Studies show that he was somewhere between 8 and 12 at the time of his death.
• Note the lower forehead of the Turkana Boy as well as the more robust bony structure of the face, as compared to modern humans (see display case C). His species, as well as those on the shelf below and first two shelves in display case C, exhibit a supra-orbital ridge, or eyebrow ridge, that is mainly lacking in members of our species.
