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Proconsul, Homo heildebergensis & Homo neanderthalensis cranL 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)
Pongo sp. Mandible and molar (Piltdown 1 & 2)Lateral lingual view of Piltdown 1 mandible with Piltdown 2 left molar. Held at The Natural History Museum, London
Pongo sp. Mandible with canine (Piltdown 1)Left lateral view of the Piltdown mandible reported to be that of a newly found homind species in 1913 but then revealed as a forgery in 1953. Specimen held at The Natural History Museum, London
Detail of bird beaksPlate 281, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 2 (1760). Annotated Four curious beaks of birds but little known
Ramphastos vittelinus culminatus, channel-billed toucanPlate 238, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 1 (1758)
Preliminary flourine test of the Piltdown remains in 1949Dr Kenneth Oakley discussing with Mr L. E. Parsons (right) where the mandible of Piltdown man could be sampled with the least risk of damage
Homo sapiens (Goughs Cave 49) mandibleAdolescent modern human mandible found during excavations in Goughs Cave, Cheddar, Somerset, dates back to around 14, 000 - 12, 000 year ago, (Creswellian)
Cranium and mandible (Piltdown 1 & 2)Piltdown man cranium and mandible as reconstructed on the left by Dr. A Smith Woodward and on the right by Professor Arthur Keith
Lateral view of mandible
Homo heidelbergensis mandible (Mauer 1)
Homo erectus mandible (SK 15)A cast of a mandible with six teeth belonging to Homo erectus. The original, known as SK 15 Member 2 was found at Swartkrans, South Africa
Homo sapiens, human mandibleA specimen of a modern human mandible, or jaw bone with a complete set of teeth. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Australopithecus africanus mandible (MLD 2)Mandible and teeth of an adolescent male (of about 12 years) Australopithecus africanus discovered at Makapansgat by A.R. Hughes and S. Kitching in July 1948
Paranthropus robustus jaw boneLower jaws of Australopithecus robustus. A robustus lived between 1.8 and 1.5 million years ago in South Africa
Sivapithecus & human mandibleA human mandible (on the left) compared with a Sivapithecus mandible. Sivapithecus, an extinct ape from the Miocene, is believed to have lived 9 million years ago
Sivapithecus sivalensisFragments of cranium and mandible of an extinct ape-like primate Sivapithecus sivalensis which lived about 8 million years ago. The specimen was discovered in Potwar, Pakistan
Hominid Fossil CollectionA sellection of items from the anthropologigical collections at the Natural History Museum, London