The skull is a nearly complete cranium of what is believed to be a Middle Pleistocene human ancestor.

Partial skeletons of nine individuals have been recovered, including one complete cranium (skull).

LB1 is a fairly complete skeleton, including a nearly complete cranium (skull), determined to be that of a 30-year-old female.

A second cranium, more complete, was discovered.

Joumocetus shimizui was described from a mostly complete cranium and associated portions of both mandibles, cervical and thoracic vertebrae.

Parts of the skeletons of nine individuals were found, including one complete cranium (the bones that form the head).

Since then more fossils have been recovered, including a well preserved near complete cranium with mandible.

On March 24, 2006 it was reported that a "significantly complete" cranium had been found at Gawis in the Gona area.

As of 2010, P. teras was represented by a nearly complete and partially crushed cranium and three partial mandibles.

The holotype is an almost complete cranium with both pterygoids but lacking mandible, quadrate bones, and the palatine process of maxilla.