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DiaporamaHomo heidelbergensis illustration
mauricio antón ortuzar (1961 –)
Mauricio Antón (b. 1961) is a renowned Spanish paleoartist specializing in scientifically accurate reconstructions of extinct life, particularly hominids & saber-tooth cats. His influential illustrations appear in museums worldwide and have been feat
National Museum and Research Centre of Altamira (Santillana del Mar, Spain)
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Illustration by Mauricio Antón for the permanent exhibition of the Altamira National Museum and Research Center. Two Homo heidelbergensis are depicted eating and preparing meat, with tools typical of the archeological industry known as Acheulean, in a bushy, woodland landscape. Homo heidelbergensis was the main inhabitant of Europe and the Iberian Peninsula between 500,000 and 200,000 BCE, living mainly in sites that were out in the open. These people were similar in height to humans of today and had a cranial capacity that was slightly smaller than ours. They were more robustly built, their foreheads had a prominent supraorbital ridge and they had strong jaws.
About this artwork
- Title: Homo heidelbergensis illustration
- Artist: mauricio antón ortuzar
- Year: 2000
- Format: Tall
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: National Museum and Research Centre of Altamira
- Main color: Celadon
- Color hue: Yellow-Green Range
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