Archaic Homo sapiens (Steinheim)

This skull was found in 1933 at a quarry near Steinheim in Germany. It is regarded as an early female sapiens.

Similar in many respects to the Swanscombe remains found in Britain, these are dated at about 250-300,000 years BP; see [Boyd & Silk 1997] , pp 448-450.

These are sometimes thought of as Homo hiedelbergensis. These were the first to be found in the fossil record.