Human temporal bone from the lower Paleolithic site of Castel di Guido, near Rome, Italy.
The Castel di Guido site, with an estimated age of approximately 300,000 years, has yielded abundant animal remains, Acheulian stone and bone bifaces, and small tools. On the surface of the original deposit, turned over by agricultural activities, fragments of human remains were discovered between 1980 and 1986, including a temporal bone described here.
D005580:Fossils; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D010163:Paleontology; D010164:Paleopathology; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology*