Common name | Krijn |
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Species | Homo neanderthalensis |
Age | 100,000-40,000 BP[1] |
Place discovered | North Sea, Netherlands |
Date discovered | 2009 |
Discovered by | Luc Anthonis[2] |
Krijn (Dutch pronunciation: [krɛin] ) is the common name of a Neanderthal fossil discovered off the Dutch coast. The discovery is most notable for being the first evidence of a Neanderthal presence in the Netherlands.[3][4] The fossil is estimated at 100,000-40,000 BP. The skull fragment was recovered from the North Sea in 2001 off the coast of Zeeuws Vlaanderen ( province of Zeeland ). It was first publicly described in 2009.