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THE taxonomy of the two human fossils discovered at the Intermindel occupation site of Vertesszöllös in western Hungary has been a topic of considerable interest. The fragments of a deciduous tooth representing the first individual (V1) were judged by Thoma to be indistinguishable from deciduous teeth from Choukoutien1, but he later concluded that the second individual (V2), represented by an occipital fragment, is a member of the taxon Homo sapiens2,3. He places V2 on the lineage leading to Swanscombe, in preference to separate lineage leading to the neandertals.
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WOLPOFF, M. Is Vertesszöllös II an Occipital of European Homo erectus?. Nature 232, 567–568 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/232567a0
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