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Accession Number AFC2016.2.1 Scientific Name Homo neanderthalensis Category cranium Subcategory parietals, frontal, maxillae, left zygomatic Alternate Taxon Homo sapiens neanderthalensis Cast Source Bone Clones, Inc Fossil Owner The Iraq Museum Fossil Collector Solecki, Ralph Date Collected 1960 Place Collected Asia: Iraq Site Shanidar Cave Age adult Description Resin cast of a cranium, parietals, frontal, maxillae, left zygomatic Materials resin Geologic Age Pleistocene Sex male Pathology trauma- 5 mm long fracture to frontal bone