450 Ka
1964-1974
Caune de l'Arago, Tautavel, France
Female
Coming Soon.
600 Ka
15 & 23 Oct 1978
Alemayhew Asfaw, Paul Whitehead, and Craig Wood
Bodo d'Ar, Ethiopia
Coming Soon.
Miguelón
500 Ka - 350 Ka
Jul 1992; Jul 1993
Juan-Luis Arsuaga
Sima de los Huesos, Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain
1125 cc
Adult
Male
Coming Soon.
300 Ka
17 Jun 1921
Tom Zwigelaar
Limestone Cave, Kabwe, Zambia
1300 cc
Adult
Undetermined
Kabwe 1, or Broken Hill 1, was the first human fossil ever discovered in Africa3. Represented by an almost complete cranium, Kabwe 1 was accidentally stumbled upon by miners in a solution cavity of a limestone hill in Kabwe, Zambia. Associated faunal material was used to date the cranium to approximately 400 Ka. Kabwe 1 as been assigned to the species Homo heidelbergensis.
250 Ka
24 Jul 1933
Karl Sigrist, Jr.
Sigrist gravel pit, Steinheim, Wurttemberg, Germany
1100 cc
Adult
Female
Coming Soon.
Heidelberg Man
500 Ka - 400 Ka
21 Oct 1907
D. Hartmann
Quarry near the village of Mauer
Adult
Undetermined
Paleontologist Otto Schoetensack spent 20 years looking for fossils near the Maurer quarry when, in 1907, an adult mandible was discovered in fluvial deposits by quarry workmen1. Mauer 1, nicknamed "Heidelberg Man", is estimated to be between 500 Ka and 400 Ka, based on faunal associations2. Although the fossil's morphology appears similar to modern human, it lacks a chin and has a relatively broad ascending ramus. Mauer 1 is the holotype for Homo heidelbergensis. Until recently, Mauer 1 was one of the oldest hominin fossils from Europe ever discovered.
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