| Species: | Human |
| Age: | 26,000 years |
| Place Discovered: | Prerov, Olomouc, Czech Republic |
| Date Discovered: | 1982 |
| Common Name: | Predmosti 3 |
Předmostí 3 was an Upper Paleolithic Homo sapiens from the Czech Republic, geologically dated to the Late Pleistocene.[1]
It was found in Předmostí, Moravia, and dated to 26,000 B.P.[2] and has a cranial capacity of 1580 cubic centimetres (Holloway 2000;Holloway et al 2004)[3]
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.
In a morphometric analysis of cranio-facial traits compared to modern humans, Předmostí 3 was found to correlate to a 73% similarity.[4] The skull belongs to a morphological Upper Palaeolithic group that also includes Grotte des Enfants 4, Barma Grande 5, Pavlov 1 and Sunghir 1.[5] Predmosti 3 had a retromolar space, which is absent from most modern humans.[6] Předmostí 3's hand is similar to that of the Middle Paleolithic Skhul IV.[7]