Homo erectus: cranium

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

Age
Between 400,000 and 300,000 years old
Is this an original object?
No
Date of discovery
1980
Original Object Identifier
Hexian
Site
Longtandau Cave, Anhui Province, China
Location of Discovery
Longtandau Cave, Anhui Province, China
Original Object Holding Institution
Institute for Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (China)
Species
Homo erectus
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Record ID
dpo_3d_200046
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
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