Saldanha man
Saldanha man also known as Saldanha cranium or Elandsfontein cranium are fossilized remains of an archaic human. It is one of the key specimens for Homo heidelbergensis. It has not been dated directly, and is estimated to be roughly 0.5 million years old.
The remains, which included a fragment of lower jaw, were found on an exposed surface between shifting sand dunes on the farm Elandsfontein, which is located near Hopefield, South Africa.
It was found associated with a variety of fossil vertebrates, and initially classified as Homo saldanensis.
Singer noted close resemblance to Kabwe 1 and LH 18.
Comparison with Kabwe 1 specifically, and thus classification as African H. heidelbergensis was also regularly supported by later authors.
