Image reference: 6592
Title:
Homo Heidelbergensis, Rhodesian or Broken Hill Man (Broken Hill 1)
Description:
Three quarter view of a cast of the cranium belonging to Broken Hill Man (Homo Heidelbergensis) discovered at Broken Hill Mine, Kabwe, Zambia by T. Zwigelaar in June 1921. It dates back 130,000 years.
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Collection: Anthropology
Category: Lower Palaeolithic 2.5million-
Keywords: anthropological, anthropology, broken, cranium, hill, homo, man, nassion, rhodesian, skull, temporal, zambia, zwigelaar, t., zygomatic
Genus/Species :
Homo heidelbergensis
Homo rhodesiensis
Cyphanthropus rhodesiensis
Common name:
Broken Hill Man
Rhodesian Man
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| | This specimen which is held at The Natural History Museum in London was classified as the Holotype of Hom rhodesiensis (Woodward, 1921) and then the Holotype of Cyphanthropus rhodesiensis (Pycraft, 1928). It has now been placed under the species name Homo heilderbergensis which lived around 130,000 years ago. Its cranial capacity is close to modern Homo sapiens but its brow ridge is very prominent like that of a Homo erectus.
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