Kabwe skull

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf fossil specimen
gptkbp:age about 300,000 to 125,000 years old
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Broken_Hill_skull
Rhodesian Man
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:Natural_History_Museum,_London
gptkbp:discoveredBy Tom Zwiglaar
gptkbp:discoveredIn gptkb:Kabwe
gptkb:Zambia
1921
mining industry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kabwe skull
gptkbp:importantFor key specimen for understanding human evolution in Africa
gptkbp:notableFeature large cranial capacity
robust brow ridges
mix of archaic and modern traits
gptkbp:significance one of the first early human fossils found in Africa
gptkbp:species gptkb:Homo_sapiens
gptkbp:UNESCORequest Zambia has requested its return from the UK
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kabwe
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6