The Florisbad Skull was originally discovered by Prof. T.F. Dreyer who classified it as Homo helmei to mark its distinctiveness from other fossil Homo sapiens. It is now generally either described as “archaic Homo sapiens” or assigned to Homo heidelbergensis, but it may be an intermediate form between H. heidelbergensis and H. sapiens, in which case retention of the Homo helmei classification would be appropriate.

See also

• List of fossil sites (with link directory)
• List of hominina (hominid) fossils (with images)