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Richard Leakey's excavation at Turkana produced the nearly complete 1.6 million-year-old skeleton of a young male, age 14. Leakey examines the bones of
Richard Leakey's excavation at Turkana produced the nearly complete 1.6 million-year-old skeleton of a young male, age 14. Leakey examines the bones of "Turkana boy" in the field camp, before they are removed to the National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi.
(© 1985 David L. Brill, Brill Atlanta)

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