Investigations show that although the boy was only about nine years old, he was nearly fully grown.
The skeleton of a young H. erectus male discovered at Nariokotome in the West Turkana region of Kenya. Unearthed in 1984, the skeleton is around 1.5 million years old and represents the most complete ancient human specimen ever discovered. Investigations show that although the boy was only about nine years old, he was nearly fully grown. He was 1.6 metres tall when he died.