TM 1517

Infobox fossil


catalog number = TM 1517
common name =
species = "Paranthropus robustus"
age =
place discovered = Kromdraai, South Africa
date discovered = 1938
discovered by = Robert Broom

TM 1517 is a fossilized skull and lower mandible of the species "Paranthropus robustus". It was discovered at Kromdraai, South Africa in 1938 by Robert Broom.

Its characteristics include bony ear tubes positioned below the plane of the cheek bones (more like humans than apes) and a forward set foramen magnum indicating a more erect posture than African apes. In comparison to the genus "Australopithecus", TM 1517 is a bit larger, more robust with a flatter face and smaller canines.

References

* [http://www.modernhumanorigins.net/tm1517.html Image of TM 1517]
*cite book | author=Tattersall, Ian, Schwartz, Jeffery | title=Extinct Humans | publisher=Westview Press, Boulder CO |date=2000 |id=ISBN 0-8133-3482-9

ee also

* List of fossil sites "(with link directory)"
* List of hominina (hominid) fossils "(with images)"