Saldanha, Fossil Hominid, Human
name: label: Collector
content: K. Jolly
label: Discipline
content: Anthropology
label: Ocean/Sea/Gulf
content: Saldanha Bay
label: Region
content: African 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: Red/brown plaster cast skull of Saldanha, from the species Homo heidelbergensis. Only the right side cranium and mandible are represented; black indicates missing pieces. Although a cast of the mandible is present, it is painted black indicating it was not recovered. Saldanha is between 500,000 and 200,000 years old.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 2
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Apr 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Elandsfontein, Africa, Saldanha Bay, South Africa, Western Cape
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: EO67373
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: Plaster, Paint