Homo sapiens or Homo helmei or Homo heidelbergensis
Age
259±35 ka
Place discovered
Florisbad archaeological and paleontological site, South Africa
Date discovered
1932
Discovered by
Thomas F. Dreyer, G. Venter[1]
The Florisbad Skull is an important human fossil of the early Middle Stone Age, representing either late Homo heidelbergensis or early Homo sapiens.
It was discovered in 1932 by T. F. Dreyer at the Florisbad site, Free State Province, South Africa.
^Schwartz, Jeffrey H.; Tattersall, Ian (2005-03-11). The Human Fossil Record, Craniodental Morphology of Genus Homo (Africa and Asia). John Wiley & Sons. p. 79–81. ISBN 9780471326441..
The FlorisbadSkull is an important human fossil of the early Middle Stone Age, representing either late Homo heidelbergensis or early Homo sapiens. It...
of South Africa. The most notable find at this site is the FlorisbadSkull, the partial skull of an early human species that was discovered in 1932. In...
have similar features to the FlorisbadSkull dating to 260,000 years ago found at the other end of the continent, in Florisbad, South Africa, which now has...
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for the FlorisbadSkull he found in 1932 (also Homo florisbadensis or Homo helmei). Also the genus suggested for a number of archaic human skulls found...
Irhoud remains from Morocco (ca. 300,000 or 350–280,000 years ago), the FlorisbadSkull from South Africa (ca. 259,000 years ago), and the Omo remains from...
for the FlorisbadSkull (discovered in 1932, Homo florisbadensis or Homo helmei). Also the genus suggested for a number of archaic human skulls found at...
remains from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, published in 2017. The FlorisbadSkull from Florisbad, South Africa, dated to about 259,000 years ago, has also been...
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fragmentary, often consisting of single bones or isolated teeth with complete skulls and skeletons rare, this overview is not complete, but shows some of the...
a National Monument (now a Provincial Heritage Site) in 1997. The FlorisbadSkull, an early hominid from the Middle Stone Age, was found here. Rear-Admiral...
human remains are those from Jebel Irhoud in Morocco (about 315 ka), Florisbad in South Africa (259 ka), and Omo-Kibish I (Omo I) in southern Ethiopia...
have similar features to a skull dating to 260,000 years ago that was found at the other end of the continent, in Florisbad, South Africa, which has been...
Ceprano Calvarium, is a Middle Pleistocene archaic human fossil, a single skull cap (calvarium), accidentally unearthed in a highway construction project...
hartebeest have been found in Elandsfontein, Cornelia (Free State) and Florisbad in South Africa, as well as in Kabwe in Zambia. In Israel, hartebeest...
earliest anatomically modern human skulls found so far were discovered at Omo Kibish,Jebel Irhoud, and Florisbad. European archaeology, as well as that...
Herto and Omo remains of Ethiopia, Jebel Irhoud remains of Morocco, and Florisbad remains of South Africa; later fossils from the Skhul Cave in Israel and...
Homo sapiens fossil remains from Africa (such as at Jebel Irhoud and Florisbad), and they suggest that complex and modern behaviors had already begun...
Africa, they are plentiful at such sites as Elandsfontein, Cornelia, and Florisbad. The earliest fossils of the black wildebeest were found in sedimentary...
sapiens fossil remains from Africa (such as at Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and Florisbad, South Africa) dated to about the same period, and it is suggested that...
eastern Africa, fossils are commonly found in Elandsfontein, Cornelia, and Florisbad. The blue wildebeest exhibits sexual dimorphism, with males being larger...
Homo sapiens fossil remains from Africa (such as at Jebel Irhoud and Florisbad), and they suggest that complex and modern behaviors had already begun...
Homo sapiens fossil remains from Africa (such as at Jebel Irhoud and Florisbad), and they suggest that complex and modern behaviors had already begun...
South Africa Smeringopus dundo Huber, 2012 — Congo, Angola Smeringopus florisbad Huber, 2012 — South Africa Smeringopus hanglip Huber, 2012 — South Africa...
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