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Accession Number AFC972.2.91a Scientific Name Homo heidelbergensis Category femur Position proximal Side left Portion fragment Alternate Taxon Homo sapiens; Cyphanthropus rhodesiensis-TYPE; Homo rhodesiensis-TYPE Fossil Owner BMNH Fossil Collector Barren, W.E.; Whittington, A.W.; Hrdlicka, A.; Armstrong, A.S. Date Collected 1925 Place Collected Africa: Zambia, Central Site Kabwe (Broken Hill) Age adult Description Plaster cast of a femur, left proximal fragment Materials plaster Geologic Age Pleistocene Stratigraphy Limestone cave