Germany
A look at the fossil skull from Steinheim
The skull provides some of the best evidence for the ancestral population of Neandertals, and had a tumultuous history in the decades after its discovery.
![Steinheim skull in grayscale image in a museum exhibit](/content/images/size/w1460/2025/01/steinheim-skull-museum-exhibit-max-kleinen-unsplash-landscape.jpg)
The skull provides some of the best evidence for the ancestral population of Neandertals, and had a tumultuous history in the decades after its discovery.