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THE “TURKANA BOY,” ADVANCED AS A TRANSITIONAL
THE “TURKANA BOY,” ADVANCED AS A TRANSITIONAL
FORM FOSSIL, IS ACTUALLY NO DIFFERENT FROM
FORM FOSSIL, IS ACTUALLY NO DIFFERENT FROM
PRESENT-DAY MAN.
PRESENT-DAY MAN.
The best known of the Homo erectus
specimens found in Africa is the fossil
known as the Turkana Boy. The fossil
has been established as having be-
longed to a 12-year-old child. The
erect structure of the skeleton is no
different from that of man living
today.
