Ancestor Collection

Hylobates sp. Pongo pygmaeus, Pan troglodytes, Gorilla gori
Gibbon, orangutan, chimpanzee, gorilla and human. Evidence as to Mans Place in Nature. Illustration published in Mans Place in Nature, Vol. 7 from a collection of essays by Thomas Henry Huxley, 1863

Hunting the Aurochs
Ancient Germans hunt the AUROCHS (bos primigenius) thought to be the ancestor of modern cattle

Mastodon / Prehistoric US
A family of Mastodon, roaming the area of modern-day Manhattan Island. Bones of this large forerunner of the modern-day elephant have been found in this region

Bewick / Mouflon
Linnaeus considered the mouflon a goat (capra ammon) but it is now classified as a sheep, indeed the smallest wild sheep and ancestor of all domestic breeds

Bonzo congratulates Chee-Kee by George Studdy
Bonzo congratulates Chee-Kee on finding her ancestors -- they can be seen as monsters on Chinese vases and plates. Date: 1924

Napoleons I and Iii / Cdv
LOUIS NAPOLEON III with his illustrious ancestor

Extinct wild horses of the Diluvial
Wild horses of the Diluvial era, extinct genus of equid ancestors to Equus ferus. Wildpferde der Diluvialzeit

Extinct wild horses of the late Tertiary
Fossil wild horses of the late Tertiary, extinct ancestors of Equus ferus. Wildpferde der spateren Tertiarzeit

Palaeomastodon, extinct genus of Proboscidea, late Eocene and early Oligocene, ancestors of elephants or mastodons

The Earl of Jersey at the Georgian Ball, Osterley Park, 1939
George Child Villiers(1910-1998), 9th Earl of Jersey and his second wife Virginia(1908-1996), the Countess of Jersey

Duke of Marlborough dressed as his ancestor
John Albert William Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough, (1897 - 1972), dressed as his ancestor, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, the victor at the Battle of Blenheim. Date: 1938

Vanuatu - Pacific Islands - Santo Ancestor Worship
Date: circa 1910s

Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer
Charles Robert Spencer, sixth Earl Spencer (1857 - 1922), before that Viscount Althorp until he succeeded to the title in 1910, British courtier and Liberal politician

Chinese Ancestor Worship - Ancestral Tablet
The cermony of Ancestral worship

Homo erectus (or Homo ergaster), Turkana boy (KNM-WT 15000)
A replica of the fossil cranium (with reconstruction) that once belonged to a male Homo erectus aged 9 to 12 years old when he died

Lord Spencer
Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer (23 May 1892 9 June 1975), known formally as The Hon Albert Spencer until 1910 and from then until 1922 as Viscount Althorp

The Countess Spencer with her son, Lord Althorp
Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Spencer (1897 - 1972), known until her marriage as Lady Cynthia Hamilton. The daughter of the third Duke of Abercorn, she married Viscount Althorp (later Earl Spencer) in 1919

Viking Age. Runestone. Tirsted. 10th century AD. National M
Art. Germanic. Viking Age. Northern Europe. Runestone. Dedicated to their ancestors. Tirsted. 10th century AD. Asrad and Hildvig raised this stone in memory of Frede. National Museum of Denmark

Busts of ancestors. Egypt
Busts of ancestors. First, polychromed limestone bust, from Thebes. At background, limestone bust of unknown origin. Both dated from 1300-1150 BC

Protorohippus or orohippus, extinct ancestor of the horse from the Eocene.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F

Giant Hyrax, Riesenklippdachs, extinct ancestor of the Rock or Cape Hyrax (Procavia capensis)

Figure of the reliquary Bwete or Bwitti (Gabon)

Lower jaw casts of Paranthropus robustus (Swartkrans 23) and
From Swartkrans, South Africa (left) and Peninj, Tanzania (right)

Homo sapiens, Cro-Magnon man
A model head of Homo sapiens, Cro-Magnon man. Cro-Magnon man, an anatomically modern human lived around 30, 000 years ago in the Dordogne region of France. This model was created by Maurice Wilson

Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Stenosaurus and another marine
These reptiles lived during the Jurrassic period, about 150 million years ago. Watercolour by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Homo neanderthalensis
A model head of Neanderthal man (Homo neanderthalensis) created by Maurice Wilson. Neanderthal man is believed to have lived between around 130, 000 and 35, 000 years ago

Gigantopithecus model jaw
Model of Gigantopithecus jaw with Gorilla jaw for scale

A Swanscombe Hand Axe
One of many hand axes that have been discovered at the Homo neanderthalensis site of Swanscombe, Kent which was inhabited about 500, 000 to 300, 000 years ago

The Countess Spencer
Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Spencer (1897 - 1972), known until her marriage as Lady Cynthia Hamilton. The daughter of the third Duke of Abercorn, she married Viscount Althorp (later Earl Spencer) in 1919

Totem Pole Maker

Irish Elk - Megaloceros
or Irish Elk A Diluvian ancestor of the Irish deer, noted for the enormous size of its antlers

Sir J Gordon Sprigg. Part of Box 104 Boswell Collection. Sprigg was born in Ipswich, England, into a strongly Puritan family

Etruscan Art. Italy. In honour of the ancestors. Urns-face
Etruscan Art. Italy. In honour of the ancestors. Symbolic faces were the focus and memorials held at the graveside. Symbolised Urns-face. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhage. Denmark

British patients with Quex cannon collection
Four Imperial VAD hospital patients standing by some of the cannon collection in Quex Park. At the time of the First World War these were grouped in front of the Round Tower on the Quex Park estate

Fossils of extinct marine cephalopods, ancestors to the squid and cuttlefish, from the Jurassic.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A

Geronticus balcanicus, ancestral form of the Northern Bald Ibis, Hermit Ibis, Geronticus eremita

Bystander cover - The Countess Spencer
Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Spencer (1897 - 1972), known until her marriage as Lady Cynthia Hamilton. The daughter of the third Duke of Abercorn, she married Viscount Althorp (later Earl Spencer) in 1919

Bonzo in search of his forefathers by George Studdy
Bonzo finds a trace of his ancestral courage in an old tapestry -- he notices his ancestor running away from a wild boar, while bigger and braver dogs confront it. Date: 1924

Bonzo Discovers the Bonzosaurus Egg by George Studdy
Bonzo Discovers the Bonzosaurus Egg -- clearly an ancestor from prehistoric times! Date: 1924

Hindu Priests in India - " Warsudav" (Vasudeva) - worshipping ancestors (below). Date: circa 1910

Member for Britain - Churchill by Sherriffs
Caricature of Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), British statesman, sitting in an armchair in the shadow of his great ancestor, military commander the Duke of Marlborough. Date: 1950

Tassilo Graf Zu Zollern
TASSILO graf zu ZOLLERN German soldier in the service of Charlemagne, ancestor of the Hohenzollern dynasty. Date: CIRCA 801

Henri Cardinal Retz
HENRI de GONDY, cardinal de RETZ French churchman, first cardinal de Retz, bishop of Paris, ancestor of cardinal Jean-Paul. Date: 1570 - 1622

Robert Goodloe Harper
ROBERT GOODLOE HARPER American soldier and statesman, doubtless an ancestor of the creators of the Harper publishing empire. Date: 1765 - 1825

Casts of Australopithecus boisei jaw bones
Casts of Upper jaw (left) of Australopithecus (Paranthropus) boisei from the Olduvai Gorge; lower jaw (right) of Australopithecus (Paranthropus) boisei from Peninj

Homo erectus, Java man
A model of Homo erectus, known as Java man, based on fossil evidence found in archaeological sites along the Solo River, Indonesia. The fossils date back to around 500, 000 to 800, 000 years ago

Homo erectus, Peking man
A model head of Homo erectus known as Peking man, based upon evidence discovered at Zhoukoudian Cave (Locality 1), China dating back 500, 000 years. This model was created by Maurice Wilson

Homo neanderthalensis, neandertal man
The installation of a cranium (cast) considered to be that of a Neandertal man (Homo neanderthalesis). It was discovered in a cave diposit at Atapuerca-Sima de Los Huesos, Spain

Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Stenosaurus
These reptiles lived during the Jurrassic period, about 150 million years ago. Watercolour by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Homo neanderthalensis, neanderthal man
The installation of a cranium (cast) considered to be that of a Neanderthal man (Homo neanderthalesis). It was discovered in a cave diposit at Atapuerca-Sima de Los Huesos, Spain

Laughing Cavalier / C1930
The laughing Cavalier: the ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Date: Published: c.1930

Ta Prohm temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia
View of Ta Prohm (Ancestor Brahma) Khmer Buddhist temple at Siem Reap, Cambodia

Entrance to Ta Prohm temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Entrance to the Ta Prohm (Ancestor Brahma) Khmer Buddhist temple at Siem Reap, Cambodia

Visit to Corsica - 5
The Prince Imperial and his mama pay homage to his illustrious ancestor in the room where Napoleon I was born at Ajaccio

Singer Bonnehee
Bonnehee (presumably an ancestor of the more famous singer of that name) in the role of Julien de Medicis in Pierre de Medicis

Devotions at a Grave
A pious Chinaman honours the burial place of his departed ancestors

Richard Lemon Lander
RICHARD LEMON LANDER Traveller in Africa, ancestor of Mary Evans

Honourable Ancestors-
Honouring the ancestors in a Chinese household

Learning the Flute
A music student is instructed by his teacher in the art of playing the double pipe, an ancestor of the flute

Visiting a Grave
Visiting the grave of a deceased relative

Devotions at an Altar
A pious Chinese man honours his ancestors at a domestic altar

Darwin / Ancestor Cartoon
CHARLES DARWIN English naturalist Cartoon of the Darwinian ancestor; " For O it is such a Norrible Tail!"

Neanderthaloid / Wells
NEANDERTHALOID MAN Our probable ancestor but a parallel species to Neanderthal man

China / Ancestor Cult 1846
Cult of ancestors

Glyptodon doedicurus, extinct animal
A glyptodon doedicurus: the extinct ancestor of the armadillo

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