3D scan of a fossil human skull excavated in the Mladeč Caves, Czech Republic, in 1881. With an absolute age of ca. 31,000 years, the Mladeč 1 skull is one of the oldest securely dated *Homo sapiens* finds in Europe. It provides rare insights into the morphology of our species in the European Upper Paleolithic. The Mladeč 1 skull is Number 47 of the NHM Top 100. The valuable original is not on display in the exhibition halls, but a cast can be found in Hall 14 of the NHM Vienna. **Specimen**: Mladeč 1 skull **Inventory number**: NHMW-ANTHRO-OSTE-5454 **Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna, Anthropology Dept. (curator: Sabine Eggers) Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en). Scanned and edited by Andrea Stadlmayr, Anna Haider, Viola Winkler (NHMW) Scanner: Artec Space Spider. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.