Picture No | 13046897 |
Date | 1921 |
Description | Skull found at Broken Hill Mine, Northern Rhodesia |
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Cranium of Homo rhodesiensis, discovered in Mutwe Wa Nsofu Area in a lead and zinc mine in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) on June 17, 1921 by Tom Zwiglaar, a Swiss miner. H. rhodesiensis is now mostly considered a synonym of Homo heidelbergensis, or possibly an African subspecies of Homo heidelbergensis sensu lato.
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Source | Front cover of The Illustrated London News, 19 November 1921 p671 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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