Předmostí 3

Předmostí 3

Cast of Předmostí 3 skull
Common name	Předmostí 3
Species	Human
Age	26,000 years
Place discovered	Přerov, Czechoslovakia
Date discovered	1982

Předmostí 3 was an Upper Paleolithic Homo sapiens from what is today the Czech Republic, geologically dated to the Late Pleistocene.

Description

It was found in Předmostí u Přerova, Přerov, and dated to 26,000 B.P. and has a cranial capacity of 1580 cubic centimetres (Holloway 2000;Holloway et al 2004)

Fate

The specimen was destroyed in 1945 in the Second World War as retreating German troops set fire to Mikulov Castle where the remains were stored.

Analysis

In a morphometric analysis of cranio-facial traits compared to modern humans, Předmostí 3 was found to correlate to a 73% similarity.^{[clarification needed]}

Upper Paleolithic skulls are at least as flat-faced as modern ones, except for Predmosti 3

The skull belongs to a morphological Upper Palaeolithic group that also includes Grotte des Enfants 4, Barma Grande 5, Pavlov 1 and Sunghir 1. Předmostí 3 had a retromolar space, which is absent from most modern humans. Předmostí 3's hand is similar to that of the Middle Paleolithic Skhul IV.

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