Titre du document / Document title

Discovery of a Homo erectus calvarium at Ceprano, Central Italy = Mise au jour d'un crâne d'un Homo Erectus à Ceprano, Italie centrale

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

ASCENZI A. ⁽¹⁾ ; SEGRE A. G. ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ La Sapienza University, Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, Section of Morbid Anatomy, Policlinico Umberto I01, Viale Regina Elena, 324, 00161 - Rome, ITALIE

Résumé / Abstract

On March 13th, 1994, during digging for the construction of a highway through the Campo Grande area near Ceprano, a town in southern Latium situated about 55 miles from Rome, highly mineralized fragments of a calvarium damaged by a bulldozer were found in situ by Italo Biddittu, a member of the Italian Institute of Human Palaeontology. The remains come from a clay layer below sandy volcaniclastic gravels whose age is estimated by K-Ar to be 700 Kyr. So, the age of the calvarium is to be estimated as over 700 Kyr and probably slightly over 800 Kyr. The shape and the capacity of the calvarium show the basic features of Homo erectus.

Revue / Journal Title

Anthropologie   ISSN 0323-1119 

Source / Source

1997, vol. 35, n^o3, pp. 241-246 (31 ref.)

Langue / Language

Anglais
Revue : Français

Editeur / Publisher

Moravské muzeum, Brno, TCHEQUE, REPUBLIQUE  (1963) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Early Pleistocene ; Lower Palaeolithic ; Europe ; Italy ; Skull ; Homo erectus ; Human palaeontology ; Anthropology ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Pléistocène ancien ; Paléolithique inférieur ; Europe ; Italie ; Crâne ; Homo erectus ; Paléontologie humaine ; Anthropologie ; Ceprano ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 23697, 35400007164602.0010