Specimen List

Homo heidelbergensis

Arago 2

  • Geologic Age: 450 Ka
  • Discovery Date: 1964-1974
  • Discovery Location: Caune de l'Arago, Tautavel, France
  • Sex: Female

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Bodo

  • Geologic Age: 600 Ka
  • Discovery Date: October 15 & 23, 1978
  • Discovered By: Alemayhew Asfaw, Paul Whitehead, and Craig Wood
  • Discovery Location: Bodo d'Ar, Ethiopia

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Steinheim

  • Geologic Age: 250 Ka
  • Discovery Date: July 24, 1933
  • Discovered By: Karl Sigrist, Jr.
  • Discovery Location: Sigrist gravel pit, Steinheim, Wurttemberg, Germany
  • Cranial Capacity: 1,100 cc
  • Specimen Age: Adult
  • Sex: Female

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Broken Hill 1

  • Geologic Age: 300 Ka
  • Discovery Date: June 17, 1921
  • Discovered By: Tom Zwigelaar
  • Discovery Location: Limestone Cave, Kabwe, Zambia
  • Cranial Capacity: 1,300 cc
  • Specimen Age: Adult

The almost complete cranium (with the exception of the right parietal) referred to as Kabwe 1, or Broken Hill 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.

Atapuerca 5

  • Common Name: Miguelón
  • Geologic Age: 500 - 350 Ka
  • Discovery Date: July 1992, July 1993
  • Discovered By: Juan-Luis Arsuaga
  • Discovery Location: Sima de los Huesos, Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain
  • Cranial Capacity: 1,125 cc
  • Specimen Age: Adult
  • Sex: Male

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Mauer 1

  • Common Name: Heidelberg Man
  • Geologic Age: 500 - 400 Ka
  • Discovery Date: October 21, 1907
  • Discovered By: D. Hartmann
  • Discovery Location: Quarry near the village of Mauer
  • Specimen Age: Adult

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.