Fossil:

Amud 1

Source: Casts of original fossil

Site:

Amud Cave
Israel (1)

Discovered By:

Hisashi Suzuki
06,28,1961 (1)

Estimated Age of Fossil:

45,000 ya
* determined by Faunal & electron spin resonance data (1, 4)

Species Name:

Homo neanderthalensis (1)

Gender:

Male (1, 4)

Cranial Capacity:

1740 cc (1, 4)

Information:

Associated with Middle Stone Age tools (7)
Cranial capacity largest of any hominid fossil (1)
Skull not fully fossilized, badly damaged (1, 4)

Interpretation:

Adult (about 25 based on degree of suture closure in skull) (1)