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  Fossil Range Pleistocene
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Mammal ia
  Ordo Primates
  Familia Hominidae
  Genus '' Homo ''
  Species '''''H cepranensis'''''
  Binomial &dagger''Homo cepranensis''
  Binomial Authority Mallegni et al, 2003


''Homo cepranensis'' is a proposed name for a Hominin species discovered in 1994 known from only one skull cap. The fossil was discovered by archeologist Italo Biddittu and was nick-named "Ceprano Man" after a nearby town 89 kilometers Southeast of Rome , Italy . The age of the fossil is older than fossils attributable to '' Homo Antecessor '' from Spain and is estimated to be between 800,000 and 900,000 years old. The cranial features on the bone seem to be a cross between those found on '' Homo Erectus '' and those of later species such as '' Homo Heidelbergensis '' which dominated Europe long before '' Homo Neanderthalensis ''. There is yet not enough material to make a complete analysis of the individual.


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