KNM-WT 15000 is a juvenile Homo erectus skeleton discovered at Nariokotome, Kenya.
Sources
- Rib cage anatomy in Homo erectus suggests a recent evolutionary origin of modern human body shape (nature.com)
- https://africanfossils.org/hominids/knmwt-15000-c?o=1 (africanfossils.org)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234043226_No_Skeletal_Dysplasia_in_the_Nariokotome_Boy_KNM-WT_15000_Homo_erectus-A_Reassessment_of_Congenital_Pathologies_of_the_Vertebral_Column (researchgate.net)
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