Dr Rob Walsh (Former LRU Project Director)compared two partial skulls, from The Grand Dolina at Atapuerca,Spain and from Lake Turkana, Kenya. The results are as follows:
Skulls to be measured
- ATD69 …. Juvenile Homo antecessor (850,000 years old)
- KNMWT 15000….juvenile Homo ergaster skull
Breath of face…Zygomatic to Zygomatic:
ATD69: 14.5 cm
KNMWT 15000: 13cm
Left Eye socket:
ATD69: 4cm
KNMWT 15000: 3cm
Right Eye Socket:
ATD69: 4cm
KNMWT 15000: 3cm
Frontal region Breadth:
ATD69: 15cm
KNMWR 15000: 9cm
Maxilla Breadth
ATD69: 12.5cm
KNMWT 15000: 15cm
Nasal Breadth
ATD69: 2.5cm
KNMWT 15000: 2.5cm