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Sensory homunculusThis model shows what a mans body would look like if each part grew in proportion to the area of the cortex of the brain concerned with its sensory perception
Motor homunculusThis model shows what a mans body would look like if each part grew in proportion to the area of the cortex of the brain concerned with its movement
Homo erectus (Sangiran 17), H. sapiens (?) H. neanderthalensL 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
LiverScanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a section through a liver (x 7000), an organ that has over 500 functions in the human body (x 800)
Cro-magnon and Neanderthal skull comparisonSide 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)
Human cellIllustration of a highly magnified section through a human cell. Page 8 from Human Biology, 1977
Hominid reconstructions in chronological orderFrom left to right: Australopithecus, Early Homo erectus (Java Man), Late Homo erectus (Peking Man), Homo heidelbergensis (Rhodesian Man), Neanderthal man and Homo sapiens (Cro-Magnon)
Engraving of a human skullCollected 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
Triatoma infestans, kissing bugThis insect is a member of the Triatomine group, which are associated with the transmission of disease to humans
Skeleton of Negrillo or pigmyA 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
Human red blood corpusclesScanning electron microscope (SEM) of red blood cells showing their characteristic biconcave shape which increases the surface area for diffusion
A naturalist being mobbed by Pteroglossus beauharnaesii, curIllustration from Henry Walter Bates The Naturalist on the Amazons (1884)
Modern human skullSkull of an adult, female modern human
Taenia solium, pork tapewormThe pork tapeworm parasite can reach lengths of up to 8 metres. It is found in humans and animals which have consumed meat infected with the larvae
Capillaria philippinensis, parasitic wormThis worm species (Capillaria philippinensis) is a parasite of the human small intestine
Cochliomyia hominivorax, new world screwworm pupariumThe pupa case or puparium of a new world screwworm originating from a human, contracted in Trinidad
Dermatobia hominis, human botflySecond stage of the human botfly (Dermatobia hominis) in leg - contracted in Bolivia. Photographed by Martin Hall
Reindeer antler from NeschersThis reindeer antler from Neschers in France is engraved with a stylised horse. It was created by early humans and found between 1830 and 1848. Date: 1830
Homo sapiens tibiaTwo human bones from different sides of the Atlantic ocean used to show how syphillis was spread since its appearance in Naples in 1495
Homo sapiens cranium (Predmosti 3) cast
Schistosoma spp. blood flukeThe blood fluke (Schistosoma spp.) is the cause of the disease bilharzia or schistosomiasis in humans
Homo sapiens cranium (Irhoud 1)Lateral and frontal view of a cast of an adult male Homo sapiens skull discovered at Jebel Irhoud (formerly Ighoud), Morocco, by Mohammed Ben Fatmi, Summer 1961
Ascaris lumbricoides, human roundwormThe human roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) is the largest nematode to parasitize humans, growing up to 16 inches long
Gracula religiosa indica, Acridotheres cristellus, ParoariaLarge Series plate 12, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
A Medieval nightmareThis hand coloured woodcut showing a human headed bird grappling a man is from Jacobus Meydenbacks Hortus Sanitatis, (1491)
Homo heidelbergensis, Boxgrove Man tibiaThe tibia or shin bone of Boxgrove Man (Homo heidelbergensis) discovered in a quarry at Boxgrove, West Sussex, UK. The specimen dates back 500
Homo sapiens, Cro-Magnon manA model head of Homo sapiens, Cro-Magnon man. Cro-Magnon man, an anatomically modern human lived around 30, 000 years ago in the Dordogne region of France. This model was created by Maurice Wilson
Homo neanderthalensisA model head of Neanderthal man (Homo neanderthalensis) created by Maurice Wilson. Neanderthal man is believed to have lived between around 130, 000 and 35, 000 years ago
Homo sapiens (Singa 1) craniumA 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
Homo sapiens, Cro-Magnon man headA reconstruction of the head of Cro-Magnon man by Maurice Wilson, c. 1950. Cro-Magnon man is possibly Western Europes most famous anatomically modern human
Homo heidelbergensis, Boxgrove ManAn artists impression of Boxgrove Man (Homo heidelbergensis) based on fossil evidence discovered at a quarry in Boxgrove, Chichester, W. Sussex
Homo sapiens cranium (Predmosti 3)Frontal view of cranium and mandible (casts) of a Homo sapiens male aged 35-40 discovered at Predmosti, North East Moravia, Czech Republic. By K.J. Maska, June 1894. This specimen dates back 30, 000
Homo sapiens cranium (Cro-Magnon 1)Lateral and frontal view of a cast of a skull belonging to Homo sapiens Le Viellard, adult male about 45 years of age. Discovered near the station, Les Eyzies de Tayac, France by workmen, March 1868
Homo sapiens cranium (Irhoud 2)Lateral and facial view of a cast of a skull belonging to an adult male Homo sapiens discovered at Jebel Irhoud (formerly Ighoud), Barytes mine S.E of Safi, Morocco, by Mohammed Ben Fatmi, summer 1961
Pthirus pubis, crab louseA crab louse with a body length 3.5 mm, this species of louse is known to sometimes infest the human body
Homo sapiens cranium (Qafzeh 9)Lateral and frontal view of a cast of a Homo sapiens adult skull discovered at Dkebel Kafzeh, Israel by B. Vandermeersch, 1965-1969
Gigantopithecus model jawModel of Gigantopithecus jaw with Gorilla jaw for scale
Horse-head engraved on boneLate Pleistocene wild horses head engraved on the right fourth metatarsal bone of a horse, specimen (NHM 38745). Found among horse remains from the Late Magdalenian site of Roc du Courbet, Bruniquel
Skull cups and bone fragments, Goughs CaveSkull cups identified among human remains from Goughs Cave, Somerset. At around 14, 700 years old, the skull cups are the oldest directly dated examples in the world
Skull cup found at Goughs CaveA skull cup identified among human remains from Goughs Cave, Somerset. At around 14, 700 years old, the skull cups are the oldest directly dated examples in the world
Homo sapiens craniumA cast of a human (Homo sapiens) cranium held at the Natural History Museum, London
Part of human perinatal skeleton from Poundbury Cemetery (Romano-British, 2nd / 3rd century A.D.), Dorset
Romano-british human collar boneAnterior of medial end of right collar bone of a human skeleton from Radley in Oxfordshire. Age between 50 BC and 410 AD
Homo heidelbergensis cranium (Petralona 1)An adult male cranium (cast) discovered at the foot of Katsika Hill, Petralona, south east of Thessaloniki, Greece. The specimen dates back 400, 000 years. It was discovered by J
Homo erectus cranium (OH9)The cranium (cast) of Homo erectus discovered at Bed II, site LLK at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania by Louis Leakey in 1960. This specimen is the Holotype of Homo leakeyi. This specimen dates back c
Homo sapiens (Goughs Cave 190) craniumModern human skull showing cut marks excavated from Goughs Cave, Cheddar, Somerset dated at around 14, 000 to 12, 000 years old, late upper palaeolithic (Creswellian)
Paragonimus sp. parasitic wormHuman lung fluke, a parasitic worm. Common in South East Asia, in 1980 there were thought to be 3 million people infected