Kabwe 1, also known as Broken Hill Man or Rhodesian Man, is a nearly complete archaic human skull discovered in 1921 at the Kabwe mine, Zambia. It dates to around 300,000 years ago, possibly contempor
Replica (Museum Mauer, Germany)
Kabwe 1 on the Illustrated London News on November 19, 1921
Kabwe 1 may have lived at the same time as Jebel Irhoud 1 (above), the oldest potential modern human fossil.
Kabwe 1 (left) and La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1 (right)
Homo heidelbergensis is a species of archaic human from the Middle Pleistocene of Europe and Africa, as well as potentially Asia depending on the taxonomic convention used. The species-level classific
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").