The Old Man of La Chapelle

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf fossil specimen
gptkbp:age about 40 years
about 60,000 years
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:La_Chapelle-aux-Saints_1
gptkbp:culturalSignificance debate on Neanderthal intelligence and culture
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:L._Bardon
Amédée and Jean Bouyssonie
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1908
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:La_Chapelle-aux-Saints,_France
gptkbp:housedIn gptkb:Musée_de_l'Homme,_Paris
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Old Man of La Chapelle
gptkbp:importantFor helped define Neanderthal morphology
used in Marcellin Boule's studies
gptkbp:influenced early 20th-century views of Neanderthals
gptkbp:notableFor evidence of Neanderthal burial
early reconstruction of Neanderthal anatomy
nearly complete Neanderthal skeleton
gptkbp:pathology tooth loss
severe arthritis
gptkbp:reassessment later studies showed posture was due to pathology, not species
gptkbp:reconstructionError initially depicted as stooped and brutish
gptkbp:restored 1911-1913
Marcellin Boule
gptkbp:sex male
gptkbp:skeletalRemains skull
mandible
postcranial skeleton
gptkbp:species gptkb:Homo_neanderthalensis
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:La_Chapelle-aux-Saints_1
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5