Homo neanderthalensis: cranium

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Object Details

Discovered by

Captain Edmund Flint, a British officer with the Royal Navy

Is this an original object?

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

Original Object Identifier

Gibraltar 1

Original Object Holding Institution

Natural History Museum (England)

Location of Discovery

Forbes' Quarry, Gibraltar

Site

Forbes' Quarry, Gibraltar

Species

Homo neanderthalensis

Data Source

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Metadata Usage

CC0

Record ID

dpo_3d_200095