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| Site History
- a short overview
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At the
site an entire skeleton was never found - the bones gathered were from
different body parts, ranging from the skull to the bones of the feet.
Even though the bones were mostly poorly preserved, they were significount
for me interpreting the anatomy of the Krapina Neanderthals. Most of
our knowledge of the Krapina Neanderthals comes from Dragutin Gorjanoviĉ-Kramberger,
who published over sixty scientific works and two monographies based
on his research of the remains found in Krapina. (1906., 1913.)
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The mycroscope, a measurment instruments, the diary, the skull C and mandibula
of the Krapina early man are some of the most aluable parts os a collection
that Gorjanoviĉ left to his museum. |
His paleoanthropological
works contribute significantly to the European and world science of
the fossil man, even today. After the studies done early this century,
and a century long existance of the Krapina collection, the interest
for studying Neanderthal man is still present today - especially during
the last two decades - due to the discussions about the mechanisms of
biological evolution and the roots and origins of modern man.
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