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Image: Homo erectus hand axe Daka Ethiopia

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Description: This restoration is based on evidence from the Daka Member, Ethiopia. The photo in the background is from a gallery forest on the Kebena River, a tributary of the modern Awash River. The squatting posture is based on femoral anteversion frequent in Homo erectus. The hand ax is African latest early or early middle Acheulean. The bovid in the background is Nitidarcus asfawi from the Daka Member. The cranial shape is based on BOU-VP-2-66, the Daka Calvaria.
Title: Homo erectus hand axe Daka Ethiopia
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Author: Henry Gilbert and Kathey Schick
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