Human: Phylogeny

40,000-73,000 BP. The partial skeleton of Shanidar 5 was discovered by a team led by Ralph Solecki in 1960 in Northern (Kurdish) Iraq. The skeleton is speculated to be of a 35-50 year old male. As with other of the skeletal elements found at this site, the cranium of Shanidar 5 shows evidence of trauma-a 5mm long scar on the frontal bone (anterior of bregma and to the left of stephanion), perhaps caused by a wound to the scalp. The trauma sustained by the several Neanderthals found at this site suggests both an existence fraught with danger and some type of societal altruism. The Bone Clones® Hominid line is composed of discoveries from anatomically modern humans, archaic humans, early Homo, early hominins, and other hominids. The majority of the casts in this line have been recreated by our team of anatomical sculptors. Some are reconstructions made by anthropology professionals using fragmentary elements from original discoveries and extrapolating the missing parts from those (i.e. Neanderthal skeleton).

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8 ½" L x 5 ½" W x 5" H / 21.5 cm x 13.7 cm x 12.7 cm