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Background imageBone Collection: Hominid crania

Hominid crania
L to R: Australopithecus africanus; Homo rudolfensis; H.erectus; H. heildebergensis; H. neanderthalensis and H. sapiens. Arranged in chronological order these specimens (casts)

Background imageBone Collection: Acherontia atropos, death s-head hawk-moth

Acherontia atropos, death s-head hawk-moth
A mounted specimen of the death s-head hawk-moth, which takes its name from the skull-like image on its thorax. Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageBone Collection: Australopithecus afarensis (AL 288-1) (Lucy)

Australopithecus afarensis (AL 288-1) (Lucy)
A cast of the partial skeleton (nicknamed Lucy) of Australopithecus afarensis found at the Hadar, North East Ethiopia in 1974 by Donald Johanson

Background imageBone Collection: Homo erectus (Sangiran 17), H. sapiens (?) H. neanderthalens

Homo erectus (Sangiran 17), H. sapiens (?) H. neanderthalens
L to R, cast of Homo erectus, (Sangiran 17), Sangiran, Java, 700, 000 years old; cast of recent Homo sapiens skull from South East Asia; cast of Neanderthal skull from La Ferrassie, France, 50

Background imageBone Collection: Australopithecus afarensis (AL 288-1) (Lucy)

Australopithecus afarensis (AL 288-1) (Lucy)
A partial skeleton (nicknamed Lucy) of Australopithecus afarensis found at the Hadar, North East Ethiopia in 1974 by Donald Johanson

Background imageBone Collection: Ossuary Chapel of skulls - Valletta, Malta

Ossuary Chapel of skulls - Valletta, Malta - destroyed by a bomb during World War II. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBone Collection: Fair Exchange by George Studdy

Fair Exchange by George Studdy
Bonzo and the baby find fair exchange is no robbery. A rather alarming scene where the comic canine creation of George Studdy, Bonzo

Background imageBone Collection: I m beginning to think somebody loves me! by G. E Studdy

I m beginning to think somebody loves me! by G. E Studdy
Colour illustration by George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948) showing Bonzo the dog sitting in his basket enjoying a pet from his owner and a bone in his dog bowl

Background imageBone Collection: Coat of Arms for Marylebone, London

Coat of Arms for Marylebone, London, with Virgin and Child at the top, and a Latin motto below (Fiat Secundum Verbum Tuum, let it be done according to your word). Date: early 20th century

Background imageBone Collection: Smilodon fatalis, sabre-toothed cat

Smilodon fatalis, sabre-toothed cat
Skeleton of an extinct sabre-toothed cat which lived about 15, 000 years ago in North America. It was about the size of a present day lion

Background imageBone Collection: Paranthropus boisei (Zinjanthropus) cranium (OH5)

Paranthropus boisei (Zinjanthropus) cranium (OH5)
Cast of the cranium of a young male of Paranthropus boisei discovered by Mary Leakey in 1959 at Olduvai Gorge. The specimen which is the Holotype of Zinjanthropus boisei (Leakey 1959)

Background imageBone Collection: Liopleurodon vertebra

Liopleurodon vertebra
A fossil vertebra from the pliosaur, Liopleurodon. These were carnivorous marine reptiles that lived during the time of the dinosaurs. This specimen was discovered in Kimmeridge, Southern England

Background imageBone Collection: Cro-magnon and Neanderthal skull comparison

Cro-magnon and Neanderthal skull comparison
Side view comparison of casts of Cro-Magnon skull from Brno, Czech Republic, Upper Palaeolithic (right), and Neanderthal skull from La Chapelle, France, Middle Palaeolithic (left)

Background imageBone Collection: Megatherium, giant ground sloth

Megatherium, giant ground sloth
Skeleton of an extinct creature that roamed cool, dry, scrub and grasslands of South America 100, 000 years ago. On display at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageBone Collection: Coelophysis fossil

Coelophysis fossil
Coelophysis was one of the earliest known dinosaurs which lived 225 to 220 million years ago during the Upper Triassic. It was a small bipedal carnivore up to 3 metres in length

Background imageBone Collection: London Rag & Bone Men

London Rag & Bone Men
A rag and bone horse and cart and other horse drawn vehicles, about to cross Tower Bridge, London, England

Background imageBone Collection: Diagrams of the bones of hand and arm

Diagrams of the bones of hand and arm
Diagrams of the bones of the left arm and hand, showing the position of the radius and ulna when the thumb is turned inwards. The shoulder blade and part of the collar bone can also be seen

Background imageBone Collection: Ossuary Chapel of skulls - Valletta, Malta

Ossuary Chapel of skulls - Valletta, Malta - destroyed by a bomb during World War II. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBone Collection: Neanderthal skull

Neanderthal skull
Skull of an adult, female neanderthal

Background imageBone Collection: Diagram of the bones of the right leg and hip

Diagram of the bones of the right leg and hip
Diagram of the bones of the right leg, showing the joint with the pelvis at the hip

Background imageBone Collection: 18th century surgical equipment

18th century surgical equipment
Bone saw 1, pincers 2, 3, scissors 4, lead mallet 5 and hook for childbirth 6. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from Denis Diderots Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva, 1779

Background imageBone Collection: Bone objects. Maglemosian Culture, 9500-6500 BC

Bone objects. Maglemosian Culture, 9500-6500 BC
Bone objects. C. 8700 BC. Skottemarke, Lolland. Maglemosian Culture, 9500-6500 BC. Mesolithic. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imageBone Collection: Australopithecine or Homo habilis foot (OH8) cast

Australopithecine or Homo habilis foot (OH8) cast
Cast of a near complete foot (OH 8) from an Australopthecus or Homo habilis discovered at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania by Louis Leakey in 1960. It dates back to 1.75 million years ago

Background imageBone Collection: Homo erectus, Java Man cranium (Sangiran 17) cast

Homo erectus, Java Man cranium (Sangiran 17) cast
Lateral view of partially reconstructed cranium of Homo erectus Java Man about 700, 000 years old known as Sangiran 17. Discovered by Towikromo in 1969

Background imageBone Collection: Mammoth skeleton drawing

Mammoth skeleton drawing
Plate 10 from Memoires de L Acadamie Imperiale des Sciences, Vol 5, 1815

Background imageBone Collection: Parasaurolophus skeleton

Parasaurolophus skeleton
This dinosaur which grew up to 10 metres in length had a large crest over the top of its head which extended over a metre. It lived during the Upper Cretaceous period, 76 to 74 mya

Background imageBone Collection: Skull of a pigmy hippo

Skull of a pigmy hippo
Model of a pigmy hippo skull from Cyprus

Background imageBone Collection: Snake skeleton by Albertus Seba

Snake skeleton by Albertus Seba
Tab 107 illustrating a section of snake skeleton from Thesaurus, by Albertus Seba

Background imageBone Collection: Hylobates sp. Pongo pygmaeus, Pan troglodytes, Gorilla gori

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

Background imageBone Collection: Engraving of a human skull

Engraving of a human skull
Collected from the Admiralty Islands in the south-western Pacific, on The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) was funded by the British Government for the purpose of scientific discovery

Background imageBone Collection: Petaurus breviceps ariel, sugar glider

Petaurus breviceps ariel, sugar glider
Petaurus breviceps ariel (Gould, 1849) sugar glider. BMNH 1842.5.26.1, female skin & skull, lectotype photographed next to specimen BMNH 1855.12.24.308 paralectotype skin

Background imageBone Collection: Homo rudolfensis (KNM-ER 1470) Homo habilis (KNM-ER 1813)

Homo rudolfensis (KNM-ER 1470) Homo habilis (KNM-ER 1813)
On the left, KNM-ER 1470 (also attributed to H. rudolfensis). On the right, KNM-ER 1813. Both skulls are about 2 million years old. Held at The Natural History Museum, London

Background imageBone Collection: Bone-Shaker Bike C1830

Bone-Shaker Bike C1830
It has pedals, but no chain, and no pneumatic tyres - hard work to propel, and hard on the seat... Date: circa 1830

Background imageBone Collection: Anatomy of the nervous system in the heart, neck and arm

Anatomy of the nervous system in the heart, neck and arm. Lithograph by C. Schach from Lorenz Okens Universal Natural History, Allgemeine Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande, Stuttgart, 1839

Background imageBone Collection: Giant Ground Sloth, Natural History Museum

Giant Ground Sloth, Natural History Museum
Photograph of a Skeleton of the Giant Ground Sloth (Megatherium Americanum). July 1902. Archive ref: PH/173/244 Date: 1902

Background imageBone Collection: Skeleton of Negrillo or pigmy

Skeleton of Negrillo or pigmy
A skeleton of a female pygmy from the Akka Tribe, Monnattu, central Africa. Specimen presented by Dr Emin Pasha, 1887. Photograph by J Benjamin Stone in 1907

Background imageBone Collection: Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton

Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton
A skeleton of the carnivorous dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex at the Natural History Museum. The Tyrannosaurus rex, which grew up to around 12 metres long lived 67 to 65 million years ago during

Background imageBone Collection: Uintatherium skull

Uintatherium skull
Skull measures 740 mm left to right. Uintatherium, a horned ungulate from the mid Eocene of western U.S.A, stood about 1.6m at the shoulder

Background imageBone Collection: Dinosaur tail bones

Dinosaur tail bones
From a Palaeontology field trip in Niger, West Africa

Background imageBone Collection: Dr. Merryweathers Tempest Prognosticator

Dr. Merryweathers Tempest Prognosticator
Featured in the Great Exhibition of 1851, Dr. Merryweather of Whitbys Tempest Prognosticator was designed to warn of approaching storms

Background imageBone Collection: Skull of Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis)

Skull of Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis). Krapina. Croatia. Natural History Museum. London. United Kingdom

Background imageBone Collection: A succesful crop of potatoes grown using Hadfields Manure

A succesful crop of potatoes grown using Hadfields Manure
A succesful crop of potatoes grown using Hadfields Special Potato Manure - George Hadfield & Co. Ltd. (Established 1820) - Bone, fertilizer & Vitriol Works, Liverpool. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBone Collection: Dodo skeleton, Raphus cucullatus

Dodo skeleton, Raphus cucullatus
The dodo is an icon of extinction, one of the first widely acknowledged cases of a species being wiped out by humans. There are so few complete dodo skeletons that we may never know exactly what they

Background imageBone Collection: Repeating Pattern - Skeletons

Repeating Pattern - Skeletons (white background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*

Background imageBone Collection: Allosaurus cranium

Allosaurus cranium
A detail of the skull of Allosaurus, the Upper Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur that lived 153 to 135 million years ago. On display at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageBone Collection: Plesiosaurus hawkinsii

Plesiosaurus hawkinsii
A fossil specimen of the extinct marine reptile Plesiosaurus hawkinsii, on display at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageBone Collection: Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892)

Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892)
Portrait of Sir Richard Owen, an English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. Picture shows Owen and the skeleton of Dinornis maximus, c. 1877. From The Life of Owen (1894)

Background imageBone Collection: Central Hall

Central Hall
View of the Central Hall and Diplodocus replica skeleton, Gallery 10, Life Galleries at The Natural History Museum, London. The Museum was first opened to the public in 1881

Background imageBone Collection: Upper Palaeolithic tools 18 - 30, 000 years old

Upper Palaeolithic tools 18 - 30, 000 years old
L-R: a) Bone used to make needle blanks. b) Bone needle. c & d) Harpoon head and Barbed Point carved from antler. e & f) Two heads carved in mammoth ivory

Background imageBone Collection: Making Cricket Bats

Making Cricket Bats
A cricket bat maker at Accrington, Lancashire, England, who is using the shin bone of a reindeer to smooth of a bat. Date: 1930s

Background imageBone Collection: Piltdown man reconstructed

Piltdown man reconstructed
The Piltdown man sketched by A. Forestier after Professor Keiths reconstruction, and an inset showing an alterative reconstruction after Dr. A. Smith Woodward

Background imageBone Collection: Js Bach / Bone

Js Bach / Bone
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH German organist and composer with a manuscript in his hand

Background imageBone Collection: Natives of the island of Formosa (Taiwan)

Natives of the island of Formosa (Taiwan), depicted as headhunters and cannibals, 1820s. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Background imageBone Collection: Booths bone china flared beaker

Booths bone china flared beaker. Hand-enamelled transfer. Portrait of Britannia entitled The Flag which never comes down. Royal Coat of Arms on reverse. Commemorative Ware

Background imageBone Collection: Mastodon in Geological Gallery, December 1919

Mastodon in Geological Gallery, December 1919
The Guide Lecturer, John Henry Leonard, took this shot of two girls inspecting a primitive elephant or mastodon (Mammut americanus), in December 1919

Background imageBone Collection: Plate 17. Mantells Geology of Sussex

Plate 17. Mantells Geology of Sussex
Plate 17 from Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex, 1827 by G. A. Mantell

Background imageBone Collection: Plate 19. Mantells Geology of Sussex

Plate 19. Mantells Geology of Sussex
Plate 19 from Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex, 1827 by G. A. Mantell

Background imageBone Collection: Ironmongers advert

Ironmongers advert
An ironmongers advert for Trevithick and Mabbot ironmongers, offering delights such as coarse fishery salt and bone crushers

Background imageBone Collection: Rag and Bone Man

Rag and Bone Man
Mothers and children gather around the local rag and bone man with their various offerings on the back streets of Harbertonford, south Devon, England

Background imageBone Collection: Setting a Bone 1682

Setting a Bone 1682
Surgeons setting a bone, with the help of Michaults bone- setting apparatus

Background imageBone Collection: Modern human skull

Modern human skull
Skull of an adult, female modern human

Background imageBone Collection: Photograph of the lead and zinc mine in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe

Photograph of the lead and zinc mine in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) - the site of the discovery of a Cranium of Homo rhodesiensis, in Mutwe Wa Nsofu Area on June 17

Background imageBone Collection: Grumman F-11A Tiger 141824

Grumman F-11A Tiger 141824 (msn 141), on display at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona. Taken from the bone yard by Grumman

Background imageBone Collection: Client: Dick Daynes for British Railways - King's Cross

Client: Dick Daynes for British Railways - King's Cross
Client: Dick Daynes for British Railways - Location: King's Cross Station, London - Models: Ron Bone, Chris Duthrie, Wyn Nathan, Rosslyn Simpson and Nicholas Simpson - shoot date: April 15

Background imageBone Collection: Client: Dick Daynes for British Railways - King's Cross

Client: Dick Daynes for British Railways - King's Cross
Client: Dick Daynes for British Railways - Location: King's Cross Station, London - Models: Ron Bone, Chris Duthrie, Wyn Nathan, Rosslyn Simpson and Nicholas Simpson - shoot date: April 15

Background imageBone Collection: Client: Dick Daynes for British Railways - King's Cross

Client: Dick Daynes for British Railways - King's Cross
Client: Dick Daynes for British Railways - Location: King's Cross Station, London - Models: Ron Bone, Chris Duthrie, Wyn Nathan, Rosslyn Simpson and Nicholas Simpson - shoot date: April 15

Background imageBone Collection: Tibia and metatarsus of the extinct Rodrigues

Tibia and metatarsus of the extinct Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, in the Parisian Collection and Andersonian Collection

Background imageBone Collection: David Frances Barry photo - Sioux Scout

David Frances Barry photo - Sioux Scout
Sioux Scout wearing full traditional native American clothing, including a feather in his hair and a hairpipe buffalo bone breastplate, He is holding a long calumet ( peace pipe )

Background imageBone Collection: Illinois Air National Guard - Republic F-84F Thunderstreak

Illinois Air National Guard - Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
Illinois Air National Guard - Republic F-84F-35-RE Thunderstreak 52-6520, of the 169th Fighter Squadron. 1956: USAF 3600th CCTW.1958: Indiana ANG 113th FS.1962

Background imageBone Collection: Cute Puppies: Bone Town Band

Cute Puppies: Bone Town Band

Background imageBone Collection: Whale bone, Whaling ship, Greenland

Whale bone, Whaling ship, Greenland

Background imageBone Collection: WW2, Old Mother Hubbard

WW2, Old Mother Hubbard
An illustration which shows Old Mother Hubbard looking very happy that Peter the Royal Air Force pilot has dropped down a bone for her dog, via parachute! Date: circa 1940

Background imageBone Collection: Humorous bone of Dinosaur

Humorous bone of Dinosaur stood next to a man at the natural history museum. Showing the large scale of the prehistoric animals. Date: 1925

Background imageBone Collection: Grumman F-11A Tiger 141824

Grumman F-11A Tiger 141824 (msn 141), on display at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona.. Taken from the bone yard by Grumman

Background imageBone Collection: Grumman F-11A Tiger 141853

Grumman F-11A Tiger 141853 (msn 170). Taken from the bone yard by Grummanand Rohr for in-flight thrust control with a modified thrust reverser on the exhaust

Background imageBone Collection: Highland officer Georgeson, by Muirhead Bone, WW1

Highland officer Georgeson, by Muirhead Bone, WW1
Lieutenant D H Georgeson, Seaforth Highlanders, Intelligence Officer 44th Brigade Headquarters, by Muirhead Bone, First World War. 1917

Background imageBone Collection: On Board a Battleship, by Muirhead Bone, WW1

On Board a Battleship, by Muirhead Bone, WW1
On Board a Battleship: A Gun Turret on HMS Repulse, Firth of Forth, March 1917, by Muirhead Bone, First World War. 1917

Background imageBone Collection: Roman Art. Board game. Cube and bone dice. National Museum o

Roman Art. Board game. Cube and bone dice. National Museum of Roman Art. Merida. Spain

Background imageBone Collection: Death depicted with a bow and arrow

Death depicted with a bow and arrow. Colored engraving

Background imageBone Collection: Egyptian skeleton

Egyptian skeleton
Human remains buried in a wicker coffin. 3000 BC. Old Kingdom or Early Dynastic Period. 1st Dynasty. From Tarkhan. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Background imageBone Collection: Egyptian skulls

Egyptian skulls
Egypt. Skulls. Initial Late Period. One of them is dated after 664 BC. 26th dynasty or Saite Period (672-525 BC). From cemetery near Tura. The other has uncertain date and unknown origin

Background imageBone Collection: Egyptian skull

Egyptian skull. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Background imageBone Collection: The End of the world and the Last Judgement. The dead will c

The End of the world and the Last Judgement. The dead will come out of the tombs. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

Background imageBone Collection: Death attacks a Soldier with a thigh-bone

Death attacks a Soldier with a thigh-bone, while another Death beats a drum behind them.. Handcolored engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's The Triumph of Death



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