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Ancestor Collection (page 2)

Background imageAncestor Collection: Homo erectus, Java man

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

Background imageAncestor Collection: Homo erectus, Peking man

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

Background imageAncestor Collection: Homo neanderthalensis, neandertal man

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

Background imageAncestor Collection: Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Stenosaurus and another marine

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

Background imageAncestor Collection: Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Stenosaurus

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

Background imageAncestor Collection: Homo neanderthalensis, neanderthal man

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

Background imageAncestor Collection: A Swanscombe Hand Axe

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

Background imageAncestor Collection: The Countess Spencer

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

Background imageAncestor Collection: Laughing Cavalier / C1930

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

Background imageAncestor Collection: Ta Prohm temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Ta Prohm temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia
View of Ta Prohm (Ancestor Brahma) Khmer Buddhist temple at Siem Reap, Cambodia. It was built in the Bayon style in the late 12th and early 13th centuries

Background imageAncestor Collection: Entrance to Ta Prohm temple, 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. It was built in the Bayon style in the late 12th and early 13th centuries

Background imageAncestor Collection: Visit to Corsica - 5

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

Background imageAncestor Collection: Singer Bonnehee

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

Background imageAncestor Collection: Devotions at a Grave

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

Background imageAncestor Collection: Richard Lemon Lander

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

Background imageAncestor Collection: Honourable Ancestors-

Honourable Ancestors-
Honouring the ancestors in a Chinese household

Background imageAncestor Collection: Learning the Flute

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

Background imageAncestor Collection: Visiting a Grave

Visiting a Grave
Visiting the grave of a deceased relative

Background imageAncestor Collection: Devotions at an Altar

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

Background imageAncestor Collection: Darwin / Ancestor Cartoon

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

Background imageAncestor Collection: Neanderthaloid / Wells

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

Background imageAncestor Collection: China / Ancestor Cult 1846

China / Ancestor Cult 1846
Cult of ancestors

Background imageAncestor Collection: Glyptodon doedicurus, extinct animal

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



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