Anthropology Collection (page 19)

Vanguard cave, Gibraltar
Exterior view of Vanguard Cave, Gibraltar which has been excavated by palaeontologists. Discoveries of interest include chert flake tools and charcoal beds

Makalaka women Mangwe River March 1870

Human bones found at Abu Hureyra

Warriors dancing
Sketch 63 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)

Kapaes, The Court Jester & flatterer a
In ordinary to the King No Bengulu. April 1870. Sketch 81 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)

Watling Collection 58-61: Natives of New South Wales, Austra
58. Balloderree, 59. View in Port Jackson, 60. Gna.na.gan.na, 61. Native of New South Wales, Australia. Drawings 58-61 from the Watling Collection

Eoliths from Israel. Crude stone pebbles found in Lower Pleistocene contexts; once thought to be the work of human agency, but now generally regarded as natural products

Matabili at Nobengulus Village Nov. 1869
Sketch 75 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)

Homo sapiens (Singa 1) cranium endocast
An endocast of a heavily mineralized cranium once belonging to that of Homo sapiens who lived about 130, 000 years ago. This specimen was discovered in Singa, Sudan by W.R.G. Bond in 1924

Sacred stone worshipped by the Mashonas
Located about two miles East of Ganyana River, September 1870. Sketch 51 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)

Old Mashona Diggins at Zhelingome
October 1870. Sketch 54 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)

Homo erectus, Peking man cranium (reconstruction)
Reconstruction of a female Homo erectus cranium based upon the remains from many individuals discovered at Zhoukoudian Cave (Locality 1), China dating back 500, 000 years

Australian Aborigine portraits
A collection of illustration by Thomas Watling. Drawings 61 to 68 from the Watling Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Young Matabili warrior 1870-1871
Sketch 77 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)

Drawings 75-77 from the Watling Collection
Observation drawings of natives going about their daily routines

Intoosa Monate (a present Mynheer)
c. 1869-72. Sketch 70 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines

Mashona at Umtigesis place July 1870
Cultivating his hair. Sketch 83 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)

The army retiring, 1870
Sketch 66 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)

Queen Charlotte, Tongataboo Friendly Islands - during the
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) was funded by the British Government for scientific purposes and seems to have been the first expedition to carry an official photographer as well as an

Neanderthal excavation, 1998
Palaeoanthropologists from the Natural History Museum, London search for evidence of Neanderthal habitation, 1998

Hand-Axes

Womans head carved in mammoth ivory
Gravettian age 25, 000 - 30, 000 years old (Upper Palaeolithic) from Dolni Vestonice, Moravia, Czech Republic

Paranthropus boisei (based on OH5)
Illustration by Maurice Wilson of a three-quarter view of Paranthropus boisei, a robust australopithecus which lived in Southern and Eastern Africa

Grottes des Enfants burial
Skeletons of two boys with clusters of perforated shells and probably traces of decorated clothing. Pl. XIII from Palԥ oethnologie: Antiquites de L Home dans les Alpes Maritimes

Pan troglodytes, chimpanzee

Human hair
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing a human hair with the cuticle reflexed

Flint tool from the Pakefield excavation site. Manmade stone tools have been discovered in Suffolk, in the UK, and indicate humans were living there at least 680, 000 years ago

Pakefield flint tools
Flint tools from the Pakefield excavation site. Manmade stone tools have been discovered in Suffolk, in the UK, and indicate humans were living there at least 680, 000 years ago

Flint tools from the Pakefield excavation site. Manmade stone tools have been discovered in Suffolk, in the UK, and indicate humans were living there at least 680, 000 years ago

Workers at Piltdown

Homo neanderthalensis, Neanderthal Man burial site (Teshik-T
Reconstruction of a Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) burial site based on remains discovered at Teshik-Tash, Uzbekistan dating back 70, 000 years

Homo neanderthalensis (Kebarah) burial site
Burial site of Neanderthal Man (Homo neanderthalensis), 60, 000 years old from the Pleistocene, Kabara, Israel. On display in From the Beginning, Gallery 63

Homo sapiens (Predmosti) & Homo neanderthalensis (La Ferrass

Hand-axe
Flint hand-axe of Acheulian culture (Lower Palaeolithic) with rounded spall pot-lid split by frost action. Specimen from University of London, Institute of Archaeology

Paranthropus boisei (OH5)

Proconsul, Homo heildebergensis & Homo neanderthalensis cran
L to R: Cranium of Proconsul, an extinct primate that lived 18 million years ago; Homo heildebergensis (Broken Hill 1) discovered in Zambia; and Homo neanderthalensis (Gibraltar 1)

Paranthropus sp. (left) and Homo erectus (right)
Illustration by Maurice Wilson. 2 to 1.5 million years ago parts of Africa were populated by these two hominids. Paranthropus foraged peacefully but here is threatened by Homo erectus

Homo sapiens, Red Lady of Paviland (Paviland 1)
A Femur stained red with ochre from the oldest known modern human burial in Britain which dates back 26, 500 years. The specimen has been named The Red Lady of Paviland

Casts of artifacts from Czech Republic
Ivory running lion, ivory ornamant and a lionesss head in fired clay; all 25, 000 - 30, 000 years old (Upper Palaeolithic) from Dolni Vestonice, Czech Republic

Homo neanderthalensis, Neanderthal mans flake tool
A flake tool discovered at Tabun, Israel belonging to Neanderthal Man (Homo neanderthalensis) dating back 100, 000 years

Homo heildelbergensis, Broken Hill or Rhodesian Man
Illustration by Michael Wilson of a Rhodesian man (H. heildelbergensi) family reconstructed from fossils discovered at Broken Hill, Kabwe, Zambia

Dancing woman in green serpentine

Homo neanderthalensis, Neanderthal Man cranium (Neanderthal
Cranium (cast) of Neanderthal 1, the original Neanderthal man discovered by workmen in 1856 in a cave at Neander Valley near Hochdahl, East of Dusseldorf, Germany

Australopithecus africanus cranium (Sts 5)
Cast reconstruction of cranium belonging to Australopithecus africanus discovered at Sterkfontein by Dr Robert Broom and J.T. Robinson in April 1947

Professor J. S. Weiner
Pretoria born scientist who became Reader in Physical Anthropology at Oxford. In 1953 he famously exposed the Piltdown Man as a fraud

Calicut Bearer and Beggar
An illustration entitled Calicut Bearer (left) & Beggar (right) Plate 2 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

Hindustanee Pundarum Devotee & Buraghee Travelling Religious
An illustration inscribed Hindustanee Pundarum Devotee (left) & Buraghee Travelling Religious Man (right). Plate 11 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

Moplahs
Plate 33 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

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