Ceprano

Ceprano
Exhibit Item
Site: Ceprano, Italy
Year of Discovery:
Discovered by: Italo Biddittu
Age: Between 1 million and 700,000 years old
  • Photo of  Homo heidelbergensis, Ceprano, skull 3/4 view

     Homo heidelbergensis, Ceprano 

This skull is among the oldest known fossil human skulls from Europe. Some scientists think it's a unique species, called Homo cepranensis.