Homo heidelbergensis: cranium
Object Details
- Discovered by
- Alemayhew Asfaw, Paul Whitehead, and Craig Wood
- Is this an original object?
- No
- Age
- About 600,000 years old
- Summary
- The large face and braincase of this cranium connect it with Homo heidelbergensis, known in Europe. African populations of this species were likely the forerunners of the earliest Homo sapiens
- Date of discovery
- 1976
- Original Object Identifier
- Bodo
- Original Object Holding Institution
- National Museum of Ethiopia (Ethiopia)
- Location of Discovery
- Middle Awash, Ethiopia
- Site
- Middle Awash, Ethiopia
- Species
- Homo heidelbergensis
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Record ID
- dpo_3d_200066
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
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