Ceprano Man
Most recent reconstruction of Ceprano by Di Vincenzo et al. (2017). | |
| Catalog no. | No. 944/1 |
|---|---|
| Common name | Argil |
| Species | Homo heidelbergensis Homo neanderthalensis |
| Age | 430-385 ka |
| Place discovered | near Ceprano, Frosinone, Italy |
| Date discovered | March 13, 1994 |
| Discovered by | Construction crew |
Ceprano Man, Argil, and Ceprano Calvarium, is a Middle Pleistocene archaic human fossil, a single skull cap (calvarium), accidentally unearthed in a highway construction project in 1994 near Ceprano in the Province of Frosinone, Italy. It was initially considered Homo cepranensis, Homo erectus, or possibly Homo antecessor; but in recent studies, most regard it either as a form of Homo heidelbergensis sharing affinities with African forms, or an early morph of Neanderthal.