Předmostí 3 was an Upper Paleolithic Homo sapiens from what is today the Czech Republic, geologically dated to the Late Pleistocene.
Description It was found in Předmostí, Přerov, and dated to 26,000 B.P.Clark Spencer Larsen, Robert M. Matter, Daniel Lee Gebo Human origins: the fossil record 225 pages Waveland Press, 1998
[Retrieved 2012-01-02] and has a cranial capacity of 1580 cubic centimetres (Holloway 2000;Holloway et al 2004)Matt Cartmill, Fred H. Smith The human lineage 609 pages John Wiley and Sons, 30 Mar 2009
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Fate The specimen was destroyed in 1945 in the Second World War as retreating German troops set fire to Mikulov Castle where the remains were stored.
Analysis In a morphometric analysis of cranio-facial traits compared to modern humans, Předmostí 3 was found to correlate to a 73% similarity.Kyle D. Lubson, Robert Corruccini - Southern Illinois University Journal of Contemporary Anthropology 2011 Copyright © Kyle D.Lubson and Robert.Corruccini Retrieved 2012-01-02
The skull belongs to a morphological Upper Palaeolithic group that also includes Grotte des Enfants 4, Barma Grande 5, Pavlov 1 and Sunghir 1.A.Buzhilova. M.Kovlovskaya. M.Mednikova Lab. of Physical Anthropology of RAS, Moscow The Sunghir Archaeological site Retrieved 2012-01-02 Predmosti 3 had a retromolar space, which is absent from most modern humans. Předmostí 3's hand is similar to that of the Middle Paleolithic Skhul IV.
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