Kabwe 1
Hominin fossil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Broken Hill Cranium?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
14.460°S 28.426°E / -14.460; 28.426
Common name | Kabwe 1 |
---|---|
Species | Homo heidelbergensis (Homo rhodesiensis) |
Age | 324-274 ka |
Date discovered | 1921 |
Discovered by | Tom Zwiglaar |
Kabwe 1, also known as the Broken Hill skull and Rhodesian Man, is a Middle Paleolithic fossil assigned by Arthur Smith Woodward in 1921 as the type specimen for Homo rhodesiensis, now mostly considered a synonym of Homo heidelbergensis.[1]
The cranium was discovered in Broken Hill mine, a lead and zinc mine in Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) on 17 June 1921[2] by Tom Zwiglaar, a Swiss miner; and an African miner whose name was not recorded.[3] In addition to the cranium, an upper jaw from another individual, a sacrum, a tibia, and two femur fragments were also found. The skull was dubbed "Rhodesian Man" at the time of the find, but is now commonly referred to as the Broken Hill skull or the Kabwe cranium.
The skull is kept in the Natural History Museum, London.[4]