Ceprano Man

Argil
Most recent reconstruction of Ceprano by Di Vincenzo et al. (2017).
Most recent reconstruction of Ceprano by Di Vincenzo et al. (2017).
Catalog no.No. 944/1
Common nameArgil
SpeciesHomo heidelbergensis
Homo neanderthalensis
Age430-385 ka
Place discoverednear Ceprano, Frosinone, Italy
Date discoveredMarch 13, 1994
Discovered byConstruction crew

Ceprano Man, Argil, and Ceprano Calvarium, is a Middle Pleistocene archaic human fossil, a single skull cap (calvarium), accidentally unearthed in a highway construction project in 1994 near Ceprano in the Province of Frosinone, Italy.[1][2] It was initially considered Homo cepranensis, Homo erectus, or possibly Homo antecessor; but in recent studies, most regard it either as a form of Homo heidelbergensis sharing affinities with African forms,[3][4] or an early morph of Neanderthal.[5]

  1. ^ Manzi, G; Mallegni, F; Ascenzi, A (August 2001). "A cranium for the earliest Europeans: Phylogenetic position of the hominid from Ceprano, Italy". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98 (17): 10011–6. Bibcode:2001PNAS...9810011M. doi:10.1073/pnas.151259998. PMC 55569. PMID 11504953.
  2. ^ Aloisi, Massimiliano (2000). The Origin of Humankind: Conference Proceedings of the International edited by Massimiliano Aloisi. IOS Press. ISBN 9781586030308. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
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