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| Common name | Florisbad Skull |
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| Species | Homo sapiens or Homo helmei or Homo heidelbergensis |
| Age | 259±35 ka |
| Place discovered | Florisbad archaeological and paleontological site, South Africa |
| Date discovered | 1932 |
| Discovered by | Thomas F. Dreyer, G. Venter[1] |
The Florisbad Skull is an important human fossil of the early Middle Stone Age, representing either late Homo heidelbergensis or early Homo sapiens. It was discovered in 1932 by T. F. Dreyer at the Florisbad site, Free State Province, South Africa.
- ^ Schwartz, Jeffrey H.; Tattersall, Ian (2005-03-11). The Human Fossil Record, Craniodental Morphology of Genus Homo (Africa and Asia). John Wiley & Sons. p. 79–81. ISBN 9780471326441..