Skhul and Qafzeh hominins
| Common name | Skhul and Qafzeh hominins |
|---|---|
| Species | Homo sapiens |
| Age | c. 100,000 years |
| Place discovered | Skhul and Qafzeh caves |
| Date discovered | 1930s |
| Discovered by | Dorothy Garrod |
The Skhul and Qafzeh hominins or Qafzeh–Skhul early modern humans are hominin fossils discovered in Es-Skhul and Qafzeh caves in Israel. They are today classified as Homo sapiens, among the earliest of their species in Eurasia. Skhul Cave is on the slopes of Mount Carmel; Qafzeh Cave is a rockshelter near Nazareth in Lower Galilee.
The remains found at Es Skhul, together with those found at the Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve and Mugharet el-Zuttiyeh, were classified in 1939 by Arthur Keith and Theodore D. McCown as Palaeoanthropus palestinensis, a descendant of Homo heidelbergensis.