Comments on: A New Homo erectus Mandible from Thomas I Quarry in Casablanca, Morocco

By: Kambiz Kamrani

Kambiz Kamrani — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:21:36 +0000

Bram,

Thanks for sharing that link. I’m very happy to have seen a photo of the fossil. Much appreciated!

Kambiz

By: mohammad

mohammad — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:40:11 +0000

i have no idea about it
i just want to know its origine and its photo.
but i think it can be amazing for every one who see the past like a forgiven period. thankyou

By: Bram

Bram — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:40:24 +0000

Here is the same news in french, with some pictures.
http://www2.cnrs.fr/presse/communique/1370.htm

By: Kambiz Kamrani

Kambiz Kamrani — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:27:45 +0000

Thank you for the correction and the suggestion, Jean-Paul Raynal and congratulations on the find! I’ve made the changes and will definitely check out the reference tomorrow morning.

Kambiz

By: J.P. Raynal

J.P. Raynal — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:21:07 +0000

Thomas Quarry I is in a suburb of the city of Casablanca, called Hay Hassani. Oulad Hamida is the name of the land on the topo map. Some informations about the site and the archaeology can be found in this paper:

Quaternary International 75, 1 (2001) 65-75. The earliest occupation of North-Africa : the Moroccan perspective.
Jean-Paul Raynal, Fatima-Zohra Sbihi-Alaoui, Denis Geraads, Lionel Magoga, Abderrahim Mohib