History of the discovery and research on the archaic Homo erectus skullcap from Kocabas, Denizli Basin, Anatolia, Turkey

Abstract

In November 2002, during the study of the Plio-Pleistocene formations of Denizli Basin, containing significant active and fossil travertine deposits, during a visit to the Dalmersan factory, near the Kocabas quarries, I identified a Hominid skullcap among bones retrieved during the cutting of travertine slabs. I immediately attributed this skullcap to a Homo erectus. I then handed over the study of this fossil, first to Professor John Kappelman from Texas University, then to a multidisciplinary study led by the Human Paleontology Institute in Paris. (C) 2014 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.