Agata Olariu

Agata Agata OlariuOlariuNIPNE, NIPNE,

BucharestBucharest GGööran ran SkogSkog

Radiocarbon Dating LaboratoryRadiocarbon Dating Laboratory , Lund, , Lund, SwedenSweden

Emilian Emilian AlexandrescuAlexandrescu

Institute of Archaeology, BucharestInstitute of Archaeology, Bucharest

Ragnar Hellborg, Kristina Ragnar Hellborg, Kristina StenstrStenströöm,m,

Mikko Faarinen and Per Mikko Faarinen and Per Persson Persson Lund University, SwedenLund University, Sweden

Lund University AMS Lund University AMS systemsystem

Malu Rosu, Giurgiu, 20 000 BCMalu Rosu, Giurgiu, 20 000 BC

Cioclovina cave, 29 500 Cioclovina cave, 29 500

BCBC

Baia de Fier 29 500 BCBaia de Fier 29 500 BC

PredmoPredmostisti

CiocloviCioclovinana

BaiBaiaa

Malu RosuMalu Rosu

Cro-MagnonCro-MagnonFranceFrance

GrimaldiGrimaldiItalyItaly

The 2 skulls from Cioclovina and Baia de Fier The 2 skulls from Cioclovina and Baia de Fier are the only human fossil bones discovered in are the only human fossil bones discovered in

Romania Romania Assigned to the Upper PaleolithicAssigned to the Upper Paleolithic

One could advance the hypothesis that the skulls One could advance the hypothesis that the skulls belong to a certain type of a branch of the Central European type, belong to a certain type of a branch of the Central European type,

Cro-Magnon (France)- Predmosti (Moravia)-Grimaldi (Italy) Cro-Magnon (France)- Predmosti (Moravia)-Grimaldi (Italy)

Considering both the chronological and the anthropological features Considering both the chronological and the anthropological features They constitute the eastern limit of the Cro-Magnon man typeThey constitute the eastern limit of the Cro-Magnon man type

which is the classical western typewhich is the classical western type