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BookmarkHomo rudolfensis is a fossil hominin species originally proposed in 1986 by V.
P.
Alexeev for the specimen Skull 1470 (KNM ER 1470).
Originally thought to be a member of the species Homo habilis, the fossil was the center of much debate concerning its species.
Skull 1470 has an estimated age of 1.9 million years..
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