Homo neanderthalensis (Spy 1) Cranium (433rp19)

3D Model

Homo neanderthalensis

Location: Spy Cave, Namur, Belgium.

Age: 40,000 years B.P.

Material: plaster cast.

Dimensions: length, 199 mm; width, 160 mm; height, 116 mm.

Notes: RLA catalog no. 433rp19 (cast). Cranium from individual designated Spy 1. Discovered in 1886 by Marcel de Puydt and Max Lohest. Reported by Julien Fraipont in 1888. 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 Aidan Paul and Jordyn Gray.