ABSTRACT
The Omo-Kibish remains have been restudied in the light of new finds including those from Arago. The dating of the Kibish remains is reviewed and a new reconstruction of Omo 1 is presented.
The affinities of the Omo-Kibish crania have been reassessed making use of the newer principles of classification that have emerged in the last ten years. Working definitions of Homo erectus and Homo sapiens are offered, based on distinctive within-group characters that can be identified objectively. These definitions are employed to assess the affinities of the Omo 1 and 2 crania in terms of a scoring system.
