In 1921, T. Twigelaar unearthed some human remains at Broken Hill Mine, Rhodesia in South Africa. The remains consist of a skull with lower jaw, parts of femora, a tibia, a Sacrum, portions of two pelvis and some fragments of bone of another individual. From the evolutionary point of view it appears to be of Upper Pleistocene.
Characters of Rhodesian Man are:
- The skull is very long (208 – 210 mm) and narrow (145 – 148 mm), being dolicho cranial.
- Height is about 131 cm.
- Cranial capacity is around 1280 to 1400 CC.
- Supra orbital ridges are prominent.
- Forehead is receding.
- The maxillary bones lack canine fossa and are very large and flat.
- The face gives a muzzle-like appearance.
- The nasal aperture is very large.
- The Orbits are high and of great size.
- The Palate is large.
- Teeth are of modern human proportion.
- The Canine is normal.
- The third molars are reduced in size.
Thus, Rhodesian man exhibits the features of Neandertal and those of modern sapiens. Therefore, this is considered as an intermediate from between Neandertal and modern man.