Oase
Encyclopedia
Oase is the newfound skull thought to be from sometime in the first 5,000 years of human habitation of Europe
. It was found in a cave in southwestern Romania
, with other human samples from the time. The skull has the same proportions as modern human craniums and has other features that are non-Neanderthal
.
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. It was found in a cave in southwestern Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, with other human samples from the time. The skull has the same proportions as modern human craniums and has other features that are non-Neanderthal
Neanderthal
The Neanderthal is an extinct member of the Homo genus known from Pleistocene specimens found in Europe and parts of western and central Asia...
.