The ORSA Fossil Archive: specimens at a glance

list organized by age of fossils | click here for alphabetical list

 

Specimen Name

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Current Presumed Species Date Map it!
Predmosti III Homo sapiens sapiens 27,000 years old
Zhoukoudian upper cave Homo sapiens 29,000-10,000 years old
Cromagnon I Homo sapiens sapiens around 30,000 years old
Ksar Akil Homo sapiens sapiens around 35,000 years old
Shanidar I Homo sapiens neanderthalensis 46,000 years old
La Ferrassie I Homo sapiens neanderthalensis Around 50,000 years old
Spy I Homo sapiens neandertalensis 40,000-50,000 years old
Shanidar 3 Homo sapiens neanderthalensis 50,000 years old
La Chapelle I Homo sapiens neanderthalensis around 60,000 years old
Gibraltar Homo sapiens neanderthalensis 70,000-45,000 years old
Skhul I Homo sapiens 120,000-90,000 years old
Skhul IV Homo sapiens 120,000-90,000 years old
Skhul V Homo sapiens 120,000-90,000 years old
Krapina C Homo sapiens neanderthalensis around 130,000 years old
Dali early Homo sapiens a.k.a. Homo heidelbergensis 230,000-180,000 years old
KNM-ES 11693 early Homo sapiens a.k.a. Homo heidelbergensis 300,000-200,000 years old
Ngandong III Homo erectus 300,000-50,000 years old
Ngandong IX Homo erectus 300,000-50,000 years old
Ngandong unknown Homo erectus 300,000-50,000 years old
Broken hill early Homo sapiens a.k.a. Homo heidelbergensis around 400,000 years old
Steinheim Homo sapiens neanderthalensis 500,000-250,000 years old
Zhoukoudian locus E Homo erectus 400,000 to 600,000 years old
OH 9 Homo erectus ~1.2 million years old
KNM-ER 732 Paranthropus boisei around 1.7 million years old
Sk 23 Paranthropus robustus 1.8-1.5 million years old
Sk 847 Homo ergaster 1.8-1.5 million years ago
Sk 48 Paranthropus robustus 1.8-1.5 million years old
Mojokerto Homo erectus 1.8 million years old
STS 5 Australopithecus plesianthropus 2.5 million years old
Taung Australopithecus africanus 2.8 million years old