Specimens

Saccopastore 2

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Site:
Saccopastore
Lat/Long:
41.95, 12.53
Classifications:
Homo, Homo neanderthalensis
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In the summer of 1935, A.C. Blanc and H. Breuil discovered another, less complete cranium in the same area where the first skull was found in 1929. The second Saccopastore skull is identified as a male and is lacking the entire vault, along with the left front orbital areas, and part of the base. Morphological differences between the two skulls are the result of sexual dimorphism because one is a mature female, and the other is a young adult male. The skull has a cranial capacity estimated around 1,280 and 1,300 ml, and the facial size is smaller than that of a Wurmian Neanderthal but larger than the first Saccopastore skull.