Petralona 1, Fossil Hominid
name: label: Collector
content: C. Sarrigiannidis
label: Discipline
content: Anthropology
label: Region
content: European Region
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Geologic Age
content: Pleistocene
label: Notes
content: Light brown plastic cast of Petralona 1, from the species Homo heidelbergensis. European populations of this early human species were the ancestors of Neanderthals. This older male has worn teeth and huge brow ridges. Some of the teeth are missing from the front of the maxilla. Black paint represents absence of bone. Petralona 1 is between 350,000 and 150,000 years old.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Mar 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Petralona, Europe, Greece
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Homo heidelbergensis
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO400970
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Mammalia, Theria, Primates, Hominidae
physicalDescription: label: Is this real?
content: No, it's a cast.
label: Life Stage
content: Adult
label: Material
content: Plastic, Paint
label: Sex
content: Male