Archaic Homo sapiens

See also Archaic Archaeological Stage

Archaic Homo sapiens Chart

General Information

See also Neandertals and Homo sapiens heidelbergensis

Homo sapiens

Early Human Phylogeny -- National Museum of Natural History

Times to Remember

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Genus

Species

Variety

Alternative Name

Example

Homo

sapiens

heidelberg-
ensis

"Archaic"
Heidelberg, Steinheim, Swanscombe, Kabwe, etc.

Neanderthal-
ensis ?
Neandertal

Homo floresiensis ?

"Hobbit"

sapiens
(prehistoric)

Prehistoric
"Early Moderns"

Cro-Magnon, Border Cave, Qafzeh, etc.

sapiens
(contemporary)

Contemporary
"Moderns"

UMD Students

Special Case: Piltdown

Adapted from Intoduction to Physical Anthropology, 8th ed, Jurmain, Nelson, Kilgore, and Trevathan
(Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2000, pp. 285 - 290).

Archaic Homo sapiens

See also Neandertals and Homo sapiens heidelbergensis

A New Face for Human Ancestors -- Ann Gibbons
BOXGROVE MAN: HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS -- The Boxgrove Project
"Heidelberg Man", "Mauer Jaw", Homo erectus? (was Homo heidelbergensis) -- Jim Foley

Images

Map -- WSU
Human Evolution: The Fossil Evidence in 3D -- Phillip Walker and Ed Hagen (Broken Hill I)
Homo heidelbergensis -- American Museum of Natural History

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