Model of Paleolithic Homo sapiens skull

Maker
Maurice Exsteens (b.1887, d.1961)
Date
Circa 1913
 Description
Plaster model of a Homo sapiens skull reconstruction by Maurice Exsteens. This reconstruction was featured in Exsteen's 1913 book, La préhistoire à la portée de tous (English translation; 'Prehistory within the reach of all'). The model is inscribed 'Homo sapiens fossilis' - the scientific name for 'Cro-magnons'; ancient but anatomically modern Homo sapiens.
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Object detail

Maker
Date
Circa 1913
Accession number
516-102509
Inscriptions
inscriptions ▫ Laurerie Basse Homo Sapiens Fossilis H. Magdalenian
signatures ▫ M. Exsteens
Object type
models
Harry Brookes Allen Museum Anatomy Category
Anthropology casts
Museum
Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology

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