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Amud

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The largest human brain volume ever found is from a Neanderthal skull found at cave here at the Amud site.  

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Amud

Amud or Amoud (Somali: Amuud, Arabic: العامود‎‎) is an ancient, ruined town in the northwestern Awdal region of Somalia. It was a center of activity during the Golden Age of the Adal Sultanate. The archaeological site is situated 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) above sea level, around 4.5 km northeast of the regional capital Borama.[2]

References

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amud
  • Page 149 - Tattersall, I., 2015, The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack and other Cautinary Tales from Human Evolution: Palgrae Macmillan, 244p.
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