Museum number/name

La Chapelle-aux-Saints

Where specimens were found

La Chapelle-aux-Saints, France. 1908

Distribution of species

Europe and western Asia

Known date of species

300,000 - 30,000 ya

Date of specimen

50,000 y

Cranial capacity

1200 - 1750cc

Inferred culture

These hominins lived at a similar time as Homo erectus but in a different part of the world. They made and used highly modified stone tools, practised co-operative hunting, had limited language skills and religious beliefs and cared for the aged and weak