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quick research on this, it's H. heidelbergensis |
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[[File:Ősembertelep Vértesszőlős 01.jpg|thumb|right|Sign at the archeological site]]
'''Samu''' is the nickname given to a prehistoric man whose remains were found near [[Vértesszőlős]], [[Hungary]].
Only a part of the [[occipital bone]] was found.
The discovery was made on 21 August 1964 during a dig led by László Vértes, and the fossil was named ''Sámuel'', 21 August being the [[name day]] of biblical judge [[Samuel]].{{huh}}<!--reference for this? The [[Samuel]] page claims 20 August-->
It has since become widely known as ''Samu'', a Hungarian short form of the name. Hungarian anthropologist Andor Thoma (1928
Later analyses{{year needed}} have revealed a significantly younger age, at between 250,000 and 300,000 years old,
and the fossil is now classified as ''[[Homo heidelbergensis]]''.<ref name=Fzy412>István Fzy, István Szente, ''Fossils of the Carpathian Region'' (2013), [https://books.google.ch/books?id=DQIjAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA412 p. 412].</ref>
The Vértesszőlős archaeological site itself had been discovered by Márton Pécsi
A replica of the Samu occipital bone is on exhibit
▲A replica of the Samu occipital bone is on exhibit [[Vértesszőlős Museum]] (the original is kept in the [[Hungarian National Museum]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090210123748/http://www.fn.hu/tudomany/20090209/samunak_kutya_baja/ Samunak kutya baja.] fn.hu, February 9, 2009</ref>). Also on display are some of the associated stone and bone tools, and a prehistoric footprint.{{cn}}
"Samu" has become a common name for plastic skeletons shown in biology classes in Hungarian student slang.<ref>[http://mnytud.arts.unideb.hu/szleng/ronaky/re_tan.htm Hogyan beszél ma az ifjúság?] (paper on student slang)</ref>▼
<!--so it was *not* vandalised, and this is just a record of an erroneous news report from back in 2009
In early 2009 news sources reported that a fourteen-year-old girl vandalised the remains. Since the museum was at that time closed for winter and was inspected twice a week, the vandalism was assumed to have taken place between January 28 and February 4.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721110459/http://www.hirtv.hu/belfold/kek_hirek/?article_hid=257613 Megrongálta egy 14 éves Samu maradványait.] HírTV, February 9, 2009''y''</ref> On February 9 it was reported that the Vértesszőlős museum only housed a replica of the prehistoric bone, and the original is safe in the [[Hungarian National Museum]] in [[Budapest]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090210123748/http://www.fn.hu/tudomany/20090209/samunak_kutya_baja/ Samunak kutya baja.] fn.hu, February 9, 2009</ref>
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==References==
▲"Samu" has become a common name for plastic skeletons shown in biology classes in Hungarian student slang.<ref>[http://mnytud.arts.unideb.hu/szleng/ronaky/re_tan.htm Hogyan beszél ma az ifjúság?] (paper on student slang)</ref>
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[[Category:Homo heidelbergensis fossils]]
[[Category:Fossils of Hungary]]
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