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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

Distributions of plants at various altitudes
Coloured engraving of Alexander Humboldt illustration. Tableaux de la Nature, 1865. Date: 1865

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)

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

Sharks teeth
Tooth of an extinct shark (Carcharodon megalodon) on the right, compared with a tooth from a modern Great White shark, (Carcharodon carcharias) on the left

Physeter catodon and Hyperoodon ampullatus
Sperm whale and northern bottlenose whale. Plate 45 from British Mammals Vol. 1 & 2 by Archibald Thorburn, 1920-21

Richard Green, (with hat), 5 year old newsie, Richmond, Va. Willie - -, who said he was 8. (Compare them.) Many of these little newsboys here. Location: Richmond, Virginia. Date 1911 June

Stock Exchange Traders
Four City traders on the London Stock Exchange compare notes

The May-Day Present, Great International Exhibition of 1862
Mrs Britannia (Queen Victoria) been presented with a scale model of the new Great International Exhibition of 1862. With Victoria looking at the design

COMPARING DANCE CARDS
After the ball, two young women compare notes on the partners they have enjoyed or endured in the course of the evening. Date: 1882

FOUR LADIES TAKE TEA
Four ladies enjoy a cup of tea, while they compare ribbons and exchange gossip Date: late 1840s

EXCHANGE TRADERS 1960S
Traders in spotless suits, ties and the occasional top hat, check the prices of well established British stocks (including Rolls Royce) Date: 1960s

Two little girls with Easter eggs
Two little girls compare their Easter eggs, standing on the grass. Date: circa 1890

Lycaenidae, hairstreak butterflies
Original drawing for a plate in A field guide to the butterflies of the West Indies. Artwork by Brian Hargreaves. This image must not be used without permission from Brian Hargreaves

The comparative sizes of extinct animals
Printed poster, unknown author

Monodon monoceros, narwhal and Delphinapterus leucas, beluga
Plate 47 from British Mammals Vol. 1 & 2 by Archibald Thorburn, 1920-21

Shale (right) and garnet-mica-schist (left)
Shale is sedimentary and garnet-mica-schist is metamorphoc in origin. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Rattler V Alecto Test
In a British government trial to compare the merits of screw and paddle wheel, the warsloop Rattler proves more powerful than the paddle- steamer Alecto

Cobden Birthplace - 4
COBDENs birthplace and home - Dunford House, Midhurst, Sussex - compare this with earlier views to see the extensive alterations: tower, pillars, conservatory and portico! Date: 1804

Stonehenge Reconstructed
A model of Stonehenge, reconstructed along the lines suggested by William Stukeley - compare this with our prints from Stukeleys book. Date: circa 1900

Entomological Specimens from the Wallace Collection
Display showing differences in colouring between male and female butterflies of the same species. Wallace believed that males fight to compete for females but that female choice was not a factor

Two AFS firefighters exchange experiences, WW2
Two AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) firefighters exchange experiences after coming off duty. Date: circa 1941

Theres no place can compare with our little dug-out
For with Fritz brooding there, theres no place can compare with our little dug out in the West. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

Tank tracks compared by G. H. Davis
Tank tracks compared: the most vulnerable feature of a tank. Showing various tanks in use during the Second World War: the Churchill and the Cromwell (British), the Sherman (American)

Middle East warfare by G. H. Davis
Middle East warfare during the Second World War: rival fighters, bombers and flying boats. A comparison of rival military aircraft in the Middle East

British and Soviet ships by G. H. Davis
The decline and fall in numbers of ships of the British Navy and the Soviet Fleet, by comparison, and somecosts involved in rebuilding our fleet. Date: 1962

Anniversary of Trafalgar by G. H. Davis
The anniversary of Trafalgar: what changes the century has wrought. George IIIs ship, the Victory, compared with George Vs ship, named after himself. Date: 1913

Ancient and modern cottages compared. Illustrating an article entitled Parliament and the Cottage Question (second reading of the Rural Cottages Bill)

Japans fleet in the Thames by G. H. Davis
Japans fleet represented in the Thames, a striking comparison with 48 years ago. The Ikoma, constructed by the Japanese, compared with an earlier war junk. Date: 1910

Italy v. Turkey, rival navies compared, by G. H. Davis
Italy versus Turkey, the rival navies compared. Showing the Italian navy (top), whose chief fighting strength was four powerful armoured cruisers, and the Turkish navy (bottom)

Cukoo and host eggs
From the collection of ornithologist Edgar Percival Chance (1881 - 1955)

LS Plate 108 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 108 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Lagenorhynchus albirostris, Delphinus delphis & Tursiops tru
White-beaked dolphin, short-beaked common dolphin & common bottlenose dolphin. Plate 50 from British Mammals Vol. 1 & 2 by Archibald Thorburn, 1920-21

LS Plate 104 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 104, snakes illustration from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

LS Plate 107 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 107 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Collection of shells
Plate 83 from Albertus Sebas Thesaurus, Vol 3, (1758)

Mus musculus, house mouse and Mus muralis, St. Kilda house m
Common Mouse and St. Kilda House Mouse. Plate 28 from British Mammals Vol. 1 & 2 by Archibald Thorburn, 1920-21

Vertigo sp. marsh whorl snails
No.14 V. antivertigo, No.15 V. moulinsiana, No.16 V. pygmaea, No.19 V. pusilla, No.20 V. anguistor, No.21 V. edentula. Plate 4 from The Collectors Manual of British Shells by L E Adams (1896)

Homo sapiens, human and Gorilla gorilla, western gorilla
Drawing of a human skeleton and a gorilla skeleton. Published in Transactions of the Zoological Society of London Vol. 5, Part 1 by Richard Owen, 1866

Dinosaur skeletons comparing hip pelvic structure
The pelvis consists of three bones on each side. Top, a Saurischian dinosaur. Middle, an early Ornithischian dinosaur. Bottom, a Later Ornithischian dinosaur

Achatinella sp. Oahu tree snails

Tortoise and armadillo comparison
A really strange picture, reminds me of 1960s New York art

Elephas maximus, Asian elephant & Loxodonta africana, Africa
Asian elephant above noted as E. Indicus, African elephant below noted as E. Africanus. Plate 39, engraving from Edinburgh Journal Natural History Vol. 1, 1835-39

Partula affinis, P. otaheitana, French Polynesian tree snail
Plate 29 from Studies on the Genus Partula by Henry Edward Crampton (1916). Found only in French Polynesia this entire genus is on the brink of extinction due to predation from the introduced rosy

Limestone (right) and marble (left)
Limestone is sedimentary and marble is metamorphic in origin. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Topaz
A crystal and a cut topaz stone from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London. Topaz comprises of (aluminum silicate fluoride hydroxide)

A group of mammals and birds
Plate 37, hand coloured engraving, from Thesaurus Volume 1, 1734, by Albertus Seba (1665-1736)

Homo sapiens crania comparison
From Upper Cave Zhoukoudian, China (left and middle) and Predmosti, Czech Republic (right). All dated at about 30, 000 years ago, held at The Natural History Museum, London. Photo by Chris Stringer

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