Homo neanderthalensis: cranium

Object Details

Is this an original object?
No
Age
Between 70,000 and 45,000 years old
Summary
This is one of the few early human fossils that was found before Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species".
Date
1848
Discovered by
Captain Edmund Flint, a British officer with the Royal Navy
Original Object Holding Institution
Natural History Museum (England)
Location of Discovery
Forbes' Quarry, Gibraltar
Site
Forbes' Quarry, Gibraltar
Data Source
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Original Object Identifier
Gibraltar 1
Species
Homo neanderthalensis
Record ID
dpo_3d_200095
Metadata Usage
CC0

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