Picture No | 13046898 |
Date | 1921 |
Description | The Broken Hill Mine, Northern Rhodesia - Homo rhodesiensis |
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Diagram of the lead and zinc mine in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) - the site of the discovery of a Cranium of Homo rhodesiensis, in Mutwe Wa Nsofu Area 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 | Drawing by W B Robinson in The Illustrated London News, November 19, 1921 p680 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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