The Bodo cranium was found by members of a team led by Jon Kalb in 1976 at Bodo D'ar, Awash River valley of Ethiopia. The initial discovery, a lower face, was by Alemayhew Asfaw and Charles Smart. Two weeks later, Paul Whitehead and Craig Wood found the upper portion of the face. The skull is 600,000 years old and is intermediate in shape between Homo erectus and Homo sapiens, though many have classified this as a specimen of Homo heidelbergensis. The cranium has an unusual appearance, which has led to debates over its taxonomy.
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