Anthropological Collection (page 7)

Homo habilis fossil bed
Reconstruction of a Homo habilis (1 to 2 million years ago) living floor at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. (Lower Palaeolithic)

Homo sapiens brain
A cast of a human (Homo sapiens) brain held at the Natural History Museum, London

A Homo habilis hammerstone
A hammerstone tool discovered at the Olduvia Gorge, Tanzania dating back to between 1.85 million years ago to 1.6 million years ago

Homo sapiens, Australopithecus, Neanderthal and Pan troglody
A display of models of hominids, including human, Australopithecus, Neanderthal and chimpanzee, on display in the Life Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London

Homo sapiens, Human cranium with brain
A model of a human (Homo sapiens) skull showing the brain the brain case. Held at The Natural History Museum, London

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

Soapstone Venus
A cast of a figure of a woman, carved in soapstone. The original was discovered in the caves of Balzi Rossi, Italy and is now held at the Museum of the National Antiquities of Saint-Germain-en-Laye

H. neanderthalensis (Neanderthal 1) & H. neanderthalensis (S
A frontal view of the cranium of Neanderthal man discovered in Neander Valley, Germany with a Homo neanderthalensis cranium discovered at Swanscombe, UK

Shroud
Collected during the archaeological excavation at Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, 1984-1986

Homo Heidelbergensis, Rhodesian or Broken Hill Man (Broken H
The cranium and plaster cast belonging to Broken Hill Man (Homo Heidelbergensis) discovered at Broken Hill Mine, Kabwe, Zambia by T. Zwigelaar in June 1921. It dates back 130, 000 years

Hones for sharpening metal edges
The longest hone here dates back to the 12th century and was discovered in Winchester however the rock type matches specimens of schist from quarries in Eidsborg in Norway

Venus figurine from the Czech Republic
Female figure 27, 000 years old in fired clay from Moravia (Dolni Vestonice, Czech Republic). Gravettian culture, Upper Palaeolithic

Cotton winding sheet
Collected during the archaeological excavation at Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, 1984-1986

Modern Homo sapiens. A range of human remains (cranial and p
Cranium fragments belonging to Modern Homo sapiens dating back 12, 000 years ago discovered at Goughs Cave, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset

Modern Homo sapiens cranium (Skhul V)
A front view of a cast of Skhul V discovered in 1932 on Mount Carmel, Israel. The original specimen is held at Harvards Peabody Museum. This specimen dates between 80, 000 and 100, 000 years old

Modern Homo sapiens skull (Skhul V)
A three-quarter view of a cast reconstruction of fragments of skull discovered at the Skhul Cave, Israel. This specimen dates back to 105, 000 years ago. It is known as Skhul V

Piltdown bone implement (cricket bat)
Several views of a single specimen. Plate XIV, Dawson & Woodward, 1915

Bronze Age necklace made of Porosphaera
The fossil sponge Porosphaera can be found within Britains Cretaceous chalk. This necklace of 79 Porosphaera specimens was found around the neck of a skeleton dating back 4

Hominid Fossil Collection
A sellection of items from the anthropologigical collections at the Natural History Museum, London

Excavations, Norfolk 2006
A team of anthropologists busy working on excavations revealing ancient human occupation on the Norfolk coast, 2006. Animal remains

Laboratory of the Anthropological Service at Merxplas Labour
Laboratory of the Anthropological Service at the Merxplas (or Merksplas) labour colony and beggars depot, Belgium Date: 1934

Masks from the Ivory Coast, one representing an Antelope. African masks such as these were to prove a fertile source of artistic influence to abstract artists (such as Picasso)

Ceramic Jar of the Navaho & Apache
Decorated ceramic jar from the southwestern United States - from a Navaho & Apache tribal pueblo. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Ethnographic Museum - Split, Croatia

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