M0001129: skull fragment from Neanderthal 1 (left side) discovered in 1856

Date:: 14 August 1930

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/10/63

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  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0001065-M0001166WT/D/1/20/1/10
        M0001129: skull fragment from Neanderthal 1 (left side) discovered in 1856WT/D/1/20/1/10/63

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M0001129: skull fragment from Neanderthal 1 (left side) discovered in 1856. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced May 2020: The original type skull of Neanderthal (left side) discovered in 1856.

Description

Reproduction of a skull fragment from Neanderthal 1 (Homo neanderthalensis) found in 1856 in Germany. The image is from an unknown publication. The image was part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum's "Pre-history Gallery" in the 1930s.

Publication/Creation

14 August 1930

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

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