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Common Name

Modern Human

Specimen Numbers

ANTHRO 90-41

Species

Species: sapiens

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorrhini Superfamily: Hominoidea Family: Hominidae Genus: Homo Species: sapiens 1021

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cranium	172.012	127.321	135.416
Cervical Vertebrae 1 - Atlas	45.58	78.532	22.126
Cervical Vertebrae 2 - Axis	46.703	56.155	35.343
Cervical Vertebrae 3	38.839	51.448	22.628
Scapula	145.821	133.653	73.256

Specimen Elements

City

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

Unknown Unknown

Collection

Idaho State University Department of Anthropology

Sex

Male

Is Complete

Yes

Date Published

12/22/2015

Repository

ISU

Country: USA State: Unknown - - Location:

Cause Of Death

Unknown

Elements

Comments

This specimen is a scientific skeleton purchased from The Carolina Biological Supply company in the 1970's. It is actual human remains, most probably from an individual recovered from the Ganges river in India.