Back of head of the Ante-Neanderthal from Swanscombe, England

 Back of head of the Ante-Neanderthal from Swanscombe near London, England

Of this 200 to 300.000 years old skull were found in river deposits of the river Thames in the years 1935/36 two fragments and in 1955 another third one. Together they reassemble a complete back of a head consisting of Os occipitalis and two Os parietalis. The brains volume was measured to 1325 ml. These human beeings were a trasitional form of Homo Erectus to Neanderthals (compare with Homo Erectus Reilingensis)

The three skull parts have been reproduced single and have been glued by using hot glue (can be removed very easily).

This cast is handcoloured and made of Epoxi. The colours may be a little differend than shown on the pictures. Because of the handcraft every cast is unique.