Date: 500,000-250,000 years old
Location: Steinheim an der Mun, Germany
Species: Early H. neanderthalensis
Discovered by: Karl Sigrist
Date of Discovery: 1933
Details: Debate continues on whether to place this fossil within Homo heidelbergensis. Some argue H. heidelbergensis is a taxonomic catchall for specimens exhibiting characteristics intermediate between H. erectus and the later H. sapiens/ H. neanderthalensis.
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