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! Catalog number:
| Broken Hill 1
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! Commmon name:
| Rhodesian Man or Kabwe cranium
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! Species:
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! Date discovered:
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! Discovered by:
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'''Rhodesian Man''', frequently classified as '']'' is a ] fossil that was described from a ] found in an ] and ] mine in Northern ] (now Kabwe, ]) in 1921 by Tom Zwiglaar, a Swiss ]. In addition to the cranium, an upper ] from another individual, a ], a ], and two ] fragments were also found. The skull was dubbed Rhodesian Man at the time of the find, but is now commonly referred to as the '''Broken Hill Skull''' or the '''Kabwe Cranium'''.

The association between the bones is unclear, but the tibia and femur fossils are usually associated with the skull. Rhodesian Man is dated to be between 125,000 and 300,000 years old. Previously, some reports have given erroneous dates of up to 1.75 and 2.5 million years age for the skull. Cranial capacity of the Broken Hill skull has been measured at 1,300 cm³, which, when coupled with the more recent dating, makes any direct link to older skulls unlikely and negates the 1.75 to 2.5 million year earlier dating.

The skull was described as having a broad face similar to '']'' (ie. large nose and thick protruding brow ridges), but with a cranium intermediate between modern '']'' and Neanderthal. Most current experts believe Rhodesian Man to be within the group of '']'' though other designations such as ''Archaic Homo sapiens'' and ''Homo sapiens rhodesiensis'' have also been proposed. According to ], it is probable that Rhodesian Man was the ancestor of '']'' (Herto Man), which would be itself at the origin of '']''. No direct linkage of the species can so far be determined.

==References==
*{{cite journal|author=Woodward, Arthur Smith|year=1921|title=A New Cave Man from Rhodesia, South Africa|journal=Nature|volume=108|pages=371-372}}
*{{cite journal|author=Singer Robert R. and J. Wymer|year=1968|title=Archaeological Investigation at the Saldanha Skull Site in South Africa|journal=The South African Archaeological Bulletin|volume=23 (3)|pages=63-73}}

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