Homo neanderthalensis (433rp7)

3D Model

Homo neanderthalensis

Location: La Chapelle-aux-Saints, France.

Age: 56,000 - 47,000 years B.P.

Material: plaster cast.

Dimensions: length, 239 mm; width, 158 mm; height, 142 mm.

Notes: RLA catalog no. 433rp7 (cast). Cranium, from an almost complete skeleton known as La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1 or “The Old Man,” was discovered in 1908 by A. and J. Bouyssonie and L. Bardon. The remains were first reported by Marcellin Boule in 1913. Cast made between 1930 and 1952 by Mr. F. O. Barlow of the R. F. Damon & Co., London. From the teaching collection of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Steve Davis.