See Turkana Boy on Wiktionary
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"text": "1999, Barry Bogin, Patterns of Human Growth, Cambridge University Press, 2nd Edition, page 202,\nAs Homo erectus is no chimpanzee, Turkana boy’s true age at death was probably between seven and 11 years. What is clear is that the Turkana boy followed a pattern of growth that is neither that of a modern human nor that of a chimpanzee."
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