Homo neanderthalensis (Swanscombe 1) Cranium


Three cranial bones discovered at the Barnfield Gravel Pit, Swanscombe, Kent between 1935 and 1955. Both the date and species of these homind remains have been the subject of debate over the last decade or so.


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