Observe the Steinheim skull (Figures 12.33 and 12.34) or any other non-Neanderthal specimen of archaic H. sapiens. Make a list of those characters that seem erectus-like and another list of those characters that seem sapiens-like. The cranial capacity of this specimen is about 1,000 cc.
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