Rhodesian Men, Amédée Forestier, 1922

Restoration by amedee forestier of the rhodesian man whose skull was discovered in 1921 attention may be drawn to the beetling eyebrow ridges, the projecting upper lip, the large eye-sockets, the well-poised head, the strong shoulders. The squatting figure is crushing seeds with a stone, and a crusher is lying on the rock to his right. The figure in the foreground, holding a staff, shows the erect attitude and the straight legs. His left hand holds a flint implement. On the left, behind the sitting figure, is seen the entrance to the cave. This new rhodesian cave-man may be regarded as a southern representative of a neanderthal race, or as an extinct type intermediate between the neanderthal men and the modern man type. Date: 1922.