Turkana Boy

== English == === Alternative forms === Turkana boy === Etymology === Named after Lake Turkana, Kenya, near which the fossil was discovered in 1984 by Kenyan palaeontologist Kamoya Kimeu, on the bank of the Nariokotome River. === Proper noun === Turkana Boy (archaeology) The nearly complete fossilised skeleton of a Homo ergaster youth (estimated 7–11 years old at death) who lived 1.5 to 1.6 million years ago. 2009, Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth, Simon & Schuster (Free Press), page 197, The most famous specimen of Homo ergaster, and one of the most complete pre-human fossils ever found, is the Turkana Boy, or Nariokotome Boy, discovered by Kamoya Kimeu, star fossil-finder of Richard Leakey's team of palaeontologists. The Turkana Boy lived approximately 1.6 million years ago and died at the age of about eleven. ==== Synonyms ==== Nariokotome Boy KNM-WT 15000 (fossil designation by National Museums of Kenya) ==== Translations ====