Howell, F. Clark
| Title | Howell, F. Clark |
| View | Informal 6 |
| Series | I: Individuals and Groups |
| Description | A team led by F. Clark Howell, professor in the department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago found 2,000,000 year-old fossil remains of Australopithecines in the Omo River Valley of southern Ethiopia in 1968. Dr. Howell is pictured comparing his finds (at right) to a cast of the skeletal remains (held by him) of a 1,750,000 year-old hominid fossil found by paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey in 1959. The box contains Australopithecine teeth of various ages. |
| Subject Terms | Howell, Francis Clark, 1925-2007 | Leakey, Mary, 1913-1996 | Paleoanthropologists | College teachers | Fossil hominids | Scientific expeditions |
| Photographer | Saunders, Lloyd Eldon |
| Photograph Date | 1969 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 23.2 x 17.8 cm |
| Location | University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
| Collection | University of Chicago. News Office. Photographs |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf1-10095 |
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