Daka skull

The resemblance to the Asian counterparts indicates that early African and Eurasian fossil hominids represent a subdivision of a widespread paleospecies.

With it are several other H. erectus specimens (leg bones, cranial fragments, and a toothless mandible), a large assortment of Acheulean industry stone tools,[4] and several hundred animal fossils.

The one-million-year-old Homo sample BOU-VP-2/66 from the Dakanihylo Member, referred to as “Daka” calvaria, was discovered in Bouri, Ethiopia, found in the Middle Awash region of the Afar Rift.

[7] The resemblance of the Daka Skull to Asian counterparts indicates that the early Eurasian and African fossil hominids represent demes of a widespread palaeospecies.

Through the use of computed tomographic (CT) imagery of the Daka calvaria, observations have been made on the distortion, subcortical structures and endocranial features of this skull fossil.

Restoration based on evidence from the Daka Member, Ethiopia