NG 6

NG 6
	The NG 6 upper cranium
Common name	NG 6
Species	Homo erectus
Age	38,500 years
Place discovered	Indonesia
Date discovered	c. 1932
Discovered by	C. ter Haar and Gustav Koenigswald

NG 6 is the fossilized upper cranium of the species Homo erectus. It was discovered in Ngandong, Indonesia by C. ter Haar and GHR von Koenigswald in 1931–1933.^[1]

Its characteristics include a slightly larger braincase than other erectus samples and a fairly recent age of 50,000 - 27,000 years.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ H., Schwartz, Jeffrey (2004). The human fossil record. Volume two, Craniodental morphology of genus Homo (Africa and Asia). Tattersall, Ian. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley. ISBN 0471722715. OCLC 58600666.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[1] H., Schwartz, Jeffrey (2004). The human fossil record. Volume two, Craniodental morphology of genus Homo (Africa and Asia). Tattersall, Ian. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley. ISBN 0471722715. OCLC 58600666.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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