A calvarium of late Homo erectus from Ceprano, Italy

Abstract

On 13 March 1994, a fragmented, incomplete and highly fossilized, human calvarium was discovered in situ by one of the authors (I.B.) during excavations for the construction of a highway near Ceprano, a town in southern Latium, situated about 55 miles S.E. from Rome. The remains come from a clay lying below sandy volcaniclastic gravels whose age is estimated by K-Ar to be 700 ka. The shape and capacity (ca. 1185 ml) of the calvarium show that the hominid from Ceprano possesses several, but not all, of the features of Homo erectus. © 1996 Academic Press Limited.