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Accession Number AFC999.2.41a Scientific Name Homo neanderthalensis Category cranium Type Status holotype Alternate Taxon Homo sapiens neandertalensis; Homo chapellensis Fossil Owner Musee de l'Homme, Palais de Chaillot, Paris Fossil Collector Shaner; Bouyssonie, A.; Bouyssonie, J.; Bardon, L. Date Collected 1908 Place Collected Europe: France, Correze Site La Chapelle-aux-Saints Age adult Description Plaster cast of a cranium Materials plaster Geologic Age Wurm II Sex male Stratigraphy limestone cave, Bed I