Object Details
- Collector
- A. Bouyssonie, J. Bouyssonie & L. Bardon
- Discipline
- Anthropology
- Region
- European Region
- Description
- This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
- Geologic Age
- Pleistocene
- Red/brown plaster cast cranium of La Chapelle-aux-Saint, also known as "The Old Man of La Chapelle," from the species Homo neanderthalensis. This well-preserved skull shows the low, receding forehead, protruding midface, and heavy browridges typical of Homo neanderthalensis. The cranium is mostly complete; however, areas in black indicate missing pieces. Scientists estimate the individual was quite old by the time he died, as bone had re-grown along the gums where he had lost several teeth, perhaps decades before. La Chapelle-aux-Saints is about 60,000 years old.
- Number of objects in this record
- 1
- Record Last Modified
- 10 Dec 2020
- USNM Number
- EO400495-DSP
- Object Type
- Education and Outreach collections
- Is this real?
- No, it's a cast.
- Life Stage
- Adult
- Material
- Plaster, Paint
- Sex
- Male
- Collecting Locality
- La Chapelle-aux-Saints, Europe, France
- Scientific Name
- Homo neanderthalensis
- See more items in
- Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
- Taxonomy
- Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Mammalia, Theria, Primates, Hominidae
- Topic
- Education & Outreach
- Record ID
- nmnheducation_11043691
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3335deaf0-84ce-4d9a-a956-e31aac604372
