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Homo Sapiens Collection (page 3)

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Homo sapiens cranium (Qafzeh 11)

Homo sapiens cranium (Qafzeh 11)
Lateral view of a cast of the Qafzeh child (Early Modern Homo sapiens) discovered at Djebel kafzeh, Israel by B. Vandermeersch, 1965-1969, dating back to around 100, 000 years

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Homo sapiens cranium (Wadjak 1)

Homo sapiens cranium (Wadjak 1)
Three-quarter view of a cast of a cranium of Homo sapiens from Wadjak, Java. Age about 6, 000 BP

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Late archaic Homo sapiens cranium (Skhul 9)

Late archaic Homo sapiens cranium (Skhul 9)
The cranium of late archaic Homo sapiens known as Skhul 9 discovered at the Skhul Cave, Israel. This specimen dates to back 105, 000 years ago

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Homo sapiens cranium (UC 101)

Homo sapiens cranium (UC 101)
Skull UC 101 discovered at the upper cave (Shandingdong), Zhoukoudian, China. This specimen belonging to Modern Homo sapiens dates back to 30, 000 years ago

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Archaic Homo sapiens cranium (Laetoli 18)

Archaic Homo sapiens cranium (Laetoli 18)
A front view of a cranium belonging to Archaic Homo sapiens dating back to 150, 000 years ago. This specimen known as Laetoli 18 was discovered within the Ngaloba bed at Laetoli in Tanazania

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Bonnet

Bonnet
Collected during the archaelogical excavation at Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, 1984-1986

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Cheddar Man

Cheddar Man
The skull of Cheddar Man. This skull is approximately 10, 000 years old. The hole in the forehead may have been caused by infection and also possibly be the cause of death

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Homo sapiens mandible

Homo sapiens mandible
Mandible of an adult male early modern Homo sapiens from Predmosti, Czech Republic lived about 27, 000 years ago. Gravettian culture, Upper Palaeolithic

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Homo sapiens, human and Gorilla gorilla, western gorilla

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

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Homo erectus cranium (Ngandong 12)

Homo erectus cranium (Ngandong 12)
The cranium (cast) of a young adult male discovered at Ngandong on the Solo River terrace near Randublatung, Java. It was excavated by C. ter Haar and team in 1931-33. This specimen dates back c

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Homo sapiens (Goughs Cave 139) maxillae

Homo sapiens (Goughs Cave 139) maxillae
Adult modern human maxillae excavated from Goughs Cave, Cheddar, Somerset dated at around 14, 000 to 12, 000 years old, (Creswellian)

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Trichinella spiralis, parasitic roundworm

Trichinella spiralis, parasitic roundworm
This parasitic, nematode roundworm (Trichinella spiralis) infects a wide variety of mammals, including man

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Homo sapiens (Goughs Cave 22 / 87)

Homo sapiens (Goughs Cave 22 / 87)
Adolescent human maxillae excavated from Goughs Cave, Cheddar, Somerset dated at around 14, 000 to 12, 000 years old, (Creswellian)

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Homo sapiens cranium (Omo 2)

Homo sapiens cranium (Omo 2)
Frontal view of a cranium belonging to Archaic Homo sapiens dating back to 130, 000 years ago. This specimen is a cast of the skull known as Omo 2 discovered in 1967 at the Omo River, Ethiopia

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Homo sapiens cranium (Omo 1)

Homo sapiens cranium (Omo 1)
A reconstruction of Homo sapiens skull discovered By the team of Richard Leakey in 1967. Location: Kibish, north west of Kenya Camp near Shiangoro Village east of River Omo

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Homo sapiens cranium (Border Cave 1)

Homo sapiens cranium (Border Cave 1)
Lateral view of cast of a Homo sapiens skull discovered at Liujiang (or Liukiang), Kwangsi Province, China by farm workers in 1958. Upper Pleistocene 130, 000-12, 000 BP

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Homo erectus, Java man

Homo erectus, Java man
A model of Homo erectus, known as Java man, based on fossil evidence found in archaeological sites along the Solo River, Indonesia. The fossils date back to around 500, 000 to 800, 000 years ago

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Homo erectus, Peking man

Homo erectus, Peking man
A model head of Homo erectus known as Peking man, based upon evidence discovered at Zhoukoudian Cave (Locality 1), China dating back 500, 000 years. This model was created by Maurice Wilson

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Human Brain Display

Human Brain Display

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Pediculus humanus, human head louse

Pediculus humanus, human head louse
Scanning electron microscope image of a human head louse (x 60). These external parasites use their hook-like claws to grip the hair

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Velcro

Velcro
A trademarked name for a fastening tape made up of a strip of nylon with a surface of minute hooks, that fasten to another strip with a surface of uncut pile. A SEM image

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Modern Homo sapiens, Cheddar Man

Modern Homo sapiens, Cheddar Man
A reconstruction of Cheddar Man based upon the fossil evidence of Modern Homo sapiens discovered at Goughs Cave, Cheddar, Somerset. This model was created at the University of Manchester

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Homo sapiens (Wadjak 1) cranium

Homo sapiens (Wadjak 1) cranium
Frontal view of cast of cranium belonging to adult female Homo sapiens (Wadjak 1) living about 6, 000 years ago discovered in Wadjak, East Java, Indonesia

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Human bones found at Abu Hureyra

Human bones found at Abu Hureyra

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Homo sapiens (Singa 1) cranium endocast

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

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Demodex uncii, follicle mite

Demodex uncii, follicle mite
A follicle mite magnified X600. The follicle mite is a worm-like microscopic mite which lives in the follicles and sebaceous gland of most humans

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Human hair

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

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Flint tool

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

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Pakefield flint tools

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

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: 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

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Sivapithecus indicus

Sivapithecus indicus
Illustration by Maurice Wilson of Sivapithecus indicus, thick coated enamelled apes from Turkey and Indo-Pakistan dating from 13 million years ago

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Homo sapiens (Predmosti) & Homo neanderthalensis (La Ferrass

Homo sapiens (Predmosti) & Homo neanderthalensis (La Ferrass

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: The Clacton Spear

The Clacton Spear
This spear is named after Clacton-on-sea which is where it was discovered in 1911. It dates back 450, 000 years old making it the oldest wooden spear to have been found in the British Isles

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Paranthropus sp. (left) and Homo erectus (right)

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

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Homo sapiens, Red Lady of Paviland (Paviland 1)

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

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Homo sapiens cranium (Piltdown 1)

Homo sapiens cranium (Piltdown 1)
Two pieces that represent the Piltdown 1 cranium held at The Natural History Museum, London. This specimen was reported as being discovered at Piltdown

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Homo sapiens molars (Piltdown 1)

Homo sapiens molars (Piltdown 1)
Examination of the Piltdown dentition revealed that the molars which had been claimed to have been discovered in 1913 were abraded to make them appear older. They were in fact molars from an Orangutan

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Homo sapiens skeleton (Omo 1)

Homo sapiens skeleton (Omo 1)
The skeleton of Homo sapiens discovered by Richard Leakeys team in 1967 at Kibish, north west of Camp Kenya, East of the Omo River, Eithiopia. Dated 130, 000 years old

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: H. heildebergensis & H. sapiens (Broken Hill 1, Florisbad 1

H. heildebergensis & H. sapiens (Broken Hill 1, Florisbad 1
L to R: Homo heildebergensis (Broken Hill 1) male adult cranium, Homo sapiens (Florisbad 1) adult cranium, Homo sapiens sapiens (Fish Hoek 1) illustrating the evolution of Modern Man

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Ilium of Homo heildebergensis (Broken Hill) and of Modern Ho

Ilium of Homo heildebergensis (Broken Hill) and of Modern Ho
Superior view comparison of pelvis of Homo heidelbergensis, (Broken Hill) E719 dating back 130, 000 discovered at Broken Hill, Zambia, with a recent British (Homo sapiens) pelvis

Background imageHomo Sapiens Collection: Homo sapiens crania comparison

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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