Fossil:

Qafzeh IX

Site:

Qafzeh Cave
Israel (1)

Discovered By:

Bernard Vandermeersch
1969 (1)

Estimated Age of Fossil:

90,000 ya - 100,000 ya
* determined by Stratigraphic, faunal, thermoluminescence & electron spin resonance data (1, 4)

Species Name:

Homo sapiens (1, 7)

Gender:

Female (1)
Male (based on pubic bone) (15)

Cranial Capacity:

1500 cc (15)

Information:

Found buried with young child (1, 15)

Interpretation:

One of oldest known modern humans (proto Cro-Magnon) (1)