Fossil:

Kabwe

Source: Casts of original fossil

Site:

Broken Hill
Kabwe, Zambia (1)

Discovered By:

T. Zwigelaar
1921 (1)

Estimated Age of Fossil:

300,000 ya
* determined by Stratigraphic, faunal & amino-acid racemization data (1, 4, 5)

Species Name:

Homo heidelbergensis (1)
Homo erectus (25)
Homo sapiens archaic (3)

Gender:

Unknown (1)

Cranial Capacity:

1280-1300 cc (1, 4)

Information:

Found with stone implements (4)
First African hominid found (1921) (1)

Interpretation:

Older adult (based on 10 cavities and wound near ear) (1)