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THE EXACT DAY AND TIME OF PETRALONA SKULL DISCOVERY

Malkotsis Anastassios (1), Poulianos Nickos (2)

1) Anthropological Association of Greece, Athens, Greece; 2) Ministry of Culture, Greece

Malkotsis Anastassios, e-mail: aee@otenet.gr

Abstract

In the present-day bibliographical data the 16th of September 1960 is indicated as the discovery day for the famous Petralona human skull. The first of the authors is a son of the late Ioannis Malkotsis (BSc Agronomy) who was one of the six persons present during the very moment of the skull’s discovery inside a small chamber towards the, until then known, end of Petralona cave. I. Malkotsis was also a person who took the first photos, mainly due to whom the discovery status of Petralona skull is world wide known among anthropologists, as well as other scientists and/or ordinary people. On the opposite side of the photo, by Malkotsis’ hand, instead of the 16th, the 15th of September 1960 is written. Discussing this matter we concluded that the 15th of September 1960 is the correct day of Petralona human skull discovery. On the other hand, according also to the shadows observed on the other two photos, as well as according to a recent oral communication of Dr. Aris Poulianos (a father of the second author), the discovery time of about 10-11 p.m. is the most probable. The above evidence approaches with more accuracy the exact day and time of Petralona skull discovery, reconfirming once more the very point where it was found within the Petralona cave underground surroundings.

Keywords

Petralona skull, discovery day, Khalkidhiki, Central Macedonia, Greece

Цит.: Malkotsis Anastassios, Poulianos Nickos THE EXACT DAY AND TIME OF PETRALONA SKULL DISCOVERY // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2014; 3/2014; с. 106-106