Saldanha skull, Smithsonian Natural History Museum
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Common name | Saldanha man |
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Species | Homo heidelbergensis |
Place discovered | Hopefield, South Africa |
Date discovered | 1954 |
Discovered by | Ronald Singer |
Saldanha man also known as Saldanha cranium or Elandsfontein cranium are fossilized remains of a hominid species believed to be Homo heidelbergensis. The remains were found in Elandsfontein, located in the Hopefield of South Africa. To date it remains the southernmost hominid find.