Turkana Boy

Summary

Turkana Boy is a skeleton^[1]. It draws 343 Wikipedia views per month (skeleton category, ranking #2 of 9).^[2]

Key Facts

• Turkana Boy's image is recorded as Niño de Turkana - Museo Nacional de Nairobi.jpg^[3].
• Turkana Boy is recorded as male^[4].
• Turkana Boy's instance of is recorded as skeleton^[5].
• Turkana Boy's instance of is recorded as Hominin fossil^[6].
• Turkana Boy's instance of is recorded as zoological specimen^[7].
• Lake Turkana is named after Turkana Boy^[8].
• Turkana Boy's location of discovery is recorded as Lake Turkana^[9].
• Turkana Boy's part of is recorded as Homo erectus^[10].
• Turkana Boy's Commons category is recorded as Turkana Boy^[11].
• Turkana Boy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02hnmk^[12].
• Turkana Boy's Google Doodle is recorded as celebrating-the-turkana-human^[13].
• Turkana Boy's Biology Online Biology Dictionary entry is recorded as nariokotome-boy^[14].
• Turkana Boy's collector is recorded as Kamoya Kimeu^[15].
• Turkana Boy's collector is recorded as Richard Leakey^[16].
• Turkana Boy's collection date is recorded as +1984-08-00T00:00:00Z^[17].
• Turkana Boy's collection date is recorded as +1984-00-00T00:00:00Z^[18].

Why It Matters

Turkana Boy draws 343 Wikipedia views per month (skeleton category, ranking #2 of 9).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]