Article ID: CBB995042602

The Gibraltar Skull: Early History, 1848–1868 (2018)

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The Gibraltar Skull is Gibraltar's most celebrated fossil and the first adult Neanderthal skull ever found. Very little is known about its discovery and history while it was in Gibraltar. The skull was sent to London in 1864. There it formed a key component in the debates about human evolution and especially how Neanderthal 1, the Feldhofer skull, was understood. As such, it was instrumental in initiating the new field of palaeoanthropology. This paper draws on published and unpublished, primary sources to re-evaluate the early history of the Gibraltar Skull and provides fresh interpretations of this history.

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Authors & Contributors
Madison, Paige
Kjaergaard, Peter C.
Goodrum, Matthew R.
Kern, Emily Margaret
Tamborini, Marco
Wolpoff, Milford H.
Concepts
Paleoanthropology
Fossils
Human evolution
Paleontology
Physical anthropology
Definition of human; human nature
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
21st century
20th century, late
Pleistocene
Places
London (England)
Great Britain
England
Tanzania (Tanganyika, Zanzibar)
South Africa
Scandinavia; Nordic countries
Institutions
Museum für Naturkunde (Berlin)
Geological Society of London
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