Homo heidelbergensis
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Homo heidelbergensis is a controversial and somewhat poorly defined species of archaic human from the Middle Pleistocene of Europe and Africa, as well as potentially Asia depending on the taxonomic co
Mandibel from Mauer
Cast of Mauer 1 at the Museum of Gothenburg
The Skhul and Qafzeh hominins (Qafzeh 9 pictured) were thought to directly descend from Mauer 1.
Theodosius Dobzhansky grouped the Tighennif jaw ("H. e. mauritanicus", pictured) with Mauer 1 ("H. e. heidelbergensis").
Denisovan
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The Denisovans or Denisova hominins are an extinct species or subspecies of archaic human that ranged across Asia during the Middle to Late Pleistocene, approximately 200,000–32,000 years ago. Most of
Homo heidelbergensis
…populations exhibited during this time. H. heidelbergensis has been regarded as either the last common ancestor of modern humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans; or as a completely separate lineage. H. heidelbergensis was described by German anthropologist Otto Schoetensack in 1908 based on a jawbone, Mauer 1…
Homo longi holotype
The Denisova Cave, where the first reported Denisovans were found
Replica of part of the phalanx.
Replica of the molar of Denisova. Part of the roots was destroyed to study the mtDNA. Their size and shape indicate it is neither neanderthal nor sapiens.