M0011781: Reproduction of a human skull with the caption "Skull of Cro-Magnon woman, showing fracture of the bone. Aurignacian. Rock-shelter, Cro-magnon, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac (Dordogne)

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Skull of Cro-Magnon woman, showing fracture of the bone. Aurignacian, found in the Rock Shelter, Cro-magnon, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac (Dordogne)

Reproduction of a human skull with the caption "Skull of Cro-Magnon woman, showing fracture of the bone". The Cro-Magnons, or Early European modern humans (EEMH) were the first early modern humans (Homo sapiens) to settle in Europe, continuously occupying the continent possibly from as early as 56,800 years ago. The skull is described as being found at the rock-shelter, is an Aurignacian (Upper Paleolithic) site, located at Les Eyzies, a hamlet in the commune of Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, Dordogne, France.

1951

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.