Specimen List

Homo sapiens

SAM-AP4692

  • Common Name: Fish Hoek 1
  • Geologic Age: 12 Ka
  • Discovery Date: 1927-1929
  • Discovered By: V. and B. Peers
  • Discovery Location: Fish Hoek (Skildergat), near Cape Town, South Africa
  • Cranial Capacity: 1600 cc
  • Sex: Male

Upper Cave 101

  • Geologic Age: 10 Ka - 34 Ka
  • Discovery Date: 1930
  • Discovered By: W. Pei
  • Discovery Location: Upper Cave, Zhoukoudian, China
  • Specimen Age: Adult
  • Sex: Male

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Upper Cave 102

  • Geologic Age: 10 Ka - 34 Ka
  • Discovery Date: 1930
  • Discovered By: W. Pei
  • Discovery Location: Upper Cave, Zhoukoudian, China
  • Specimen Age: Young Adult
  • Sex: Female

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Gamble's Cave 4

  • Geologic Age: 8,210 Ya
  • Discovery Date: 1928-1929
  • Discovered By: L.S.B. Leakey
  • Discovery Location: Gamble's Cave II, Elmenteita, Kenya

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Cro-Magnon 1

  • Geologic Age: 32 Ka - 30 Ka
  • Discovery Date: March 1868
  • Discovered By: Louis Lartet & Henry Christy
  • Discovery Location: Abri Cro-Magnon, Les Eyzies, France
  • Cranial Capacity: <1,600 cc
  • Specimen Age: Adult

Cro-Magnon I was discovered within a limestone shelter by railway workers. At least 5 Homo sapiens individuals ranging in age from infant to adult were recovered from the site, as well as a number of Upper Paleolithic tools. The specimen, dating between 30-32 Ka, includes a cranium, mandible, and post cranial material. Perforated seashells, animal teeth and bones, and lithics were found in association with Cro-Magnon I; and his remains were covered in ochre suggesting a ritualistic burial. Cro-Magnon translates to "big cliff" which refers to a large limestone massif above the village Les Eyzies1. The Cro-Magnon shelter at Les Eyzies was the first widely accepted discovery of anatomically modern H. sapiens2.

Skhul V

  • Geologic Age: 90 Ka
  • Discovery Date: May 2, 1932
  • Discovered By: Theordore McCown & Hallum Movius Jr.
  • Discovery Location: Skhul Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel
  • Cranial Capacity: 1,518 cc
  • Specimen Age: Adult, 30 - 40 years old
  • Sex: Male

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