Homo rhodesiensis
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Homo rhodesiensis is the species name proposed by Arthur Smith Woodward to classify Kabwe 1, a Middle Stone Age fossil recovered from Broken Hill mine in Kabwe, Northern Rhodesia. In 2020, the skull w
Rhodesian Man
Replica of the Kabwe cranium
Interpretation of "Rhodesian Men" by Amédée Forestier (1922)
Replica of Bodo cranium, National Museum of Natural History
Human
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Humans are the most abundant and widespread species of primates, characterized by bipedalism, minimal body hair, and large, complex brains enabling the development of advanced technology, culture, and
Homo rhodesiensis
…projecting supraorbital torus more like H. erectus. Bodo and other Mid-Pleistocene hominin fossils appear to represent a lineage between H. erectus and anatomically modern humans, although its exact location in the human evolutionary tree is still uncertain. Due to the similarities to both Homo erectus and modern humans, it has…
Akha cropped hires
Reconstruction of Lucy, the first Australopithecus afarensis skeleton found
Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Medieval French manuscript illustration of the three classes of medieval society from the 13th-century Li Livres dou Santé