Kabwe 1
Replica (Museum Mauer, Germany) | |
| Common name | Kabwe 1 |
|---|---|
| Species | Homo heidelbergensis (Homo rhodesiensis) |
| Age | 324-274 ka |
| Date discovered | 1921 |
| Discovered by | Tom Zwiglaar |
Kabwe 1, also known as the Broken Hill skull and Rhodesian Man, is a Middle Paleolithic fossil assigned by Arthur Smith Woodward in 1921 as the type specimen for Homo rhodesiensis, now mostly considered a synonym of Homo heidelbergensis.
The cranium was discovered in Broken Hill mine, a lead and zinc mine in Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) on 17 June 1921 by Tom Zwiglaar, a Swiss miner; and an African miner whose name was not recorded. In addition to the cranium, an upper jaw from another individual, a sacrum, a tibia, and two femur 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 skull is kept in the Natural History Museum, London.