Bodo
Exhibit Item
Site:
Middle Awash, Ethiopia
Year of Discovery:
Discovered by:
Alemayhew Asfaw, Paul Whitehead, and Craig Wood
Age:
About 600,000 years old
Species:
Homo heidelbergensis
A direct ancestor?
The large face and braincase of this cranium connect it with Homo heidelbergensis, known in Europe. African populations of this species were likely the forerunners of the earliest Homo sapiens.
