Mugharet el-Zuttiyeh
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Mugharet el-Zuttiyeh, also called as the "Skull Cave", is a prehistoric archaeological site in Upper Galilee, Israel. It is situated 2,900 m from the Nahal Amud outlet, approximately 30 m above the wa
Entrance to Zuttiyeh Cave, Galilee
Hill of the Mugharet el-Zuttiyeh cave
A cast of the Galilee skull, Israel Museum
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
Mugharet el-Zuttiyeh
…el-Mughara Caves, this find was classified in 1939 by Arthur Keith and Theodore D. McCown as Palaeoanthropus palestinensis. Today its taxonomy is that of Homo heidelbergensis. Zuttiyeh cave is at the opening of a limestone ravine where Nahal Amud turns eastward, 250 m (820 ft) above a smaller cave known as Mugharet el-Emireh…
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").