NATURAL HISTORY - NEANDERTHAL SKULL REPLICA A museum quality reproduction of a Homo neanderthalensis skull, Pleistocene Period; modeled on the original specimen discovered at Forbes Quarry, Gibraltar. 630 grams, 20.5 cm (8"). Condition Very fine condition. Footnotes The discovery in 1856 of a skullcap and partial skeleton in a cave in the Neander valley near Dusseldorf, Germany, signalled the first recognized fossil human form. While it was later realized that several Neanderthal sites had previously been discovered, their remains were not recognized as those of an archaic form of human until the discovery of 'Neanderthal Man'. In 1864 a new species was recognized: Homo neanderthalensis.
NATURAL HISTORY - NEANDERTHAL SKULL REPLICA A museum quality reproduction of a Homo neanderthalensis skull, Pleistocene Period; modeled on the original specimen discovered at Forbes Quarry, Gibraltar. 630 grams, 20.5 cm (8"). Condition Very fine condition. Footnotes The discovery in 1856 of a skullcap and partial skeleton in a cave in the Neander valley near Dusseldorf, Germany, signalled the first recognized fossil human form. While it was later realized that several Neanderthal sites had previously been discovered, their remains were not recognized as those of an archaic form of human until the discovery of 'Neanderthal Man'. In 1864 a new species was recognized: Homo neanderthalensis.
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