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PlesiosaurusPen and ink annotated drawing by Mary Anning, 1824. This marine reptile lived in Europe during the early Jurassic period about 200 million years ago
Flights into the Future - dinosaurs on Venus?Dinosaurs pictured as possible inhabitants of the planet Venus in a book on the possibilities of space travel. Date: 1943
Primitive men with spears hunting a glyptodon, large, armored mammal of the family Glyptodontidae.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric
Iguanodons were herbivorous dinosaurs from the mid-Jurassic to late Cretaceous.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg
Ichthyosaurus acutirostrisA fossil specimen of the extinct fish-like marine reptile Ichthyosaurus acutirostris from Germany. It lived during the Lower Jurassic period 205-180 million years ago
Venus of BrassempouyThe Venus of Brassempouy carved out of ivory some 18, 000 years ago and discovered in Brassempouy, France. Believed to have been carved during the last stage of the Upper Palaeolithic age
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs - Time of Great ChangeThe Last Days of the Dinosaurs - Cretaceous Period - a time of great change, about 80 Million Years ago. Illustration by Neave Parker (with the co-operation of Dr. W. E. Swinton)
Paleolithic. France. Cabrerets. Pech Merle cave. The dottedPrehistory. Paleolithic. France. Cabrerets. Pech Merle cave. The dotted horse. His head is drawn in the natural cut of the rock. On his back, a large red fish. Six black hands all around the horses
The Trundholm sun chariot. Early Bronze Age. C. 1400 BCPrehistory. The Trundholm sun chariot. Early Bronze Age. C. 1400 BC. Scandinavian
Prehistoric Art. Greece. Handmade vase without decoration. Globular body with two small handles, wide mouth and foot. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece
Asteroceras, fossil ammoniteA 16 cm diameter specimen of the Jurassic ammonite Asteroceras from the Lower Jurassic of Dorset, England
Archaeopteryx - bird-like dinosaurArchaeopteryx - a genus of bird-like dinosaurs that is transitional between non-avian feathered dinosaurs and modern birds. Date: Late Jurassic Period
Iguanodon and HylaeosaurusSheet 3 of a series of posters by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862, showing Iguanodon and Hylaeosaurus. Date: circa 1862
TARR STEPSTarr Steps, a Prehistoric stone bridge over the River Barle, near Dulverton, Somerset, England, said to have been placed there by the Devil to win a bet. Date: circa 1000 BC
Continental DriftThe world 200 million years ago in Upper Triassic times, showing the single continent of Pangaea and the universal ocean, Panthalassa
Archaeopteris hibernica, fossil plantA fern-like plant, beautifully preserved in yellow sandstone from the Devonian, Kilkenny, Ireland. Specimen is 25 cms long
Coelophysis fossilCoelophysis 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
PterodactylDrawing of a Pterodactyl, an extinct flying reptile that lived during the Mesozoic era from around 251 millon years ago to 65 million years ago during the time of the K-T extinction
Kelloways Stone
Great Zimbabwe - The Conical TowerThe majestic remains of a once-thriving trading civilisation who were the ancestors of the Shona peoples of Zimbabwe. Date: circa 1940s
Proconsul africanusAn illustration of the extinct primate, Proconsul africanus. Like Dendropithecus, they mostly lived in tropical forests in East Africa during the Miocene about 50 million years ago
Catalhoyuk (Catal Hoyuk and Catal Huyuk) - a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia, which existed from approximately 7100 BC to 5700 BC
Tautavel Man. Subspecies of the hominid Homo erectus. AragoTautavel Man. Subspecies of the hominid Homo erectus. 450.000 years old fossil. Discovered in the Arago Cave in Tautavel, France
Mosasaur, Mosasaurus hoffmannii, extinct genus of carnivorous aquatic lizards.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F
Hyaenodon, extinct genus of carnivorous creodonts.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg
Merycoidodon or Oreodon, extinct genus of herbivore endemic to North America.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric
Pteranodon, large flying pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg
Mesopotamia. Clay Tablet. Pictographs drawn. Iraq. Late PrehMesopotamia. Clay Tablet. Pictographs drawn. Early writing tablet recording the allocation of beer. Iraq. Late Prehistoric period. 3100-3000BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Bone objects. Maglemosian Culture, 9500-6500 BCBone objects. C. 8700 BC. Skottemarke, Lolland. Maglemosian Culture, 9500-6500 BC. Mesolithic. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark
Eurypterus, a fossil eurypteridThe paddles used for swimming are very conspicuous in the Silurian eurypterid Eurypterus from New York State. This individual measures 12 cm in length
Dodo, Didus ineptus or Raphus cucullatus.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F. John from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg
European cave lion, Panthera leo spenaea, extinct subspecies of lion.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916
A long-horned European wild ox attacked by wolves.. The aurochs or urus (Bos primigenius), the ancestor of domestic cattle, was a type of wild cattle which inhabited Europe, Asia and North Africa
A discussion on the Piltdown skull by John CookePortrait group of well-known British scientists examining the Piltdown skull. This topical painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1915
Piltdown Man memorial, 1938The site of the discovery of the Piltdown skull: the monolith memorial unveiled by Sir Keith Arthur on 22nd July 1938. The memorial was placed in the grounds of Barkham Manor at Piltdown
St. Cuthberts Beads - rosary made from crinoid columnalsUnidentified crinoid columnals used as beads for jewellery. Specimens from the Carboniferous Yoredale Shales, Ribblehead, Yorkshire
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
Early Precambrian EarthAn impression of the Earths surface during the early Precambrian period (4, 500 to 543 million years ago), by Barry Evans
Map of the continents and seas in the Upper Triassic period. North America, Atlantis, Europe, Asia, Gondwanaland. Colour print after an illustration from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt
Extinct Nothosaurus, mid-Triassic periodNothosaurus, extinct genus of sauropterygian reptile from the shell-bearing limestone seas, mid-Triassic period. Illustration from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life
Dinosaurs of the Mesozoic Era - ChinaAn artificial reconstruction by Neave Parker (with the co-operation of Dr. W. E. Swinton) of Dinosaurs of the Mesozoic Era found in China especially in the Provinces of Kansu and Szechuan
Castlerigg Stone Circle near Keswick and HelvellynCastlerigg Stone Circle near Keswick and view towards Helvellyn - Cumbria, England Date: 1908
Stonehenge, Wiltshire - John ConstableStonehenge, Wiltshire - painted by John Constable (1776-1837) - bequeathed to the V&A by Miss Isabel Constable. Date: 1835
Anoplotherium commune & gracile, PalaeotheriumSheet 4 of a series of posters called Extinct Animals by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862. This collection of mammals could be found during the Eocene epoch some 50 million years ago
Plesiosaurus, large marine sauropterygian reptile from the early Jurassic.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg
Aepycamelus, an extinct genus of camelid which lived during the Miocene.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World
The woolly rhinoceros, Coelodonta antiquitatis, extinct species of rhinoceros.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg
Ceratodus latissimus, extinct sarcopterygiian lungfish from mid Triassic to late Cretaceous.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World
Plastercast of a Diplodocus carnegii.. Lithograph after an illustration by J. Smit from H. N. Hutchinsons Extinct Monsters and Creatures of Other Days, Chapman and Hall, London, 1894
Uintatherium skullSkull 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
Calymene blumenbachii brongniart, trilobiteThis trilobite originates from the 425 million year old Devonian Wenlock Limestone, Dudley, Worcestershire
Eocene London clayEli Marsden Wilsons impression of the Eocene (55 to 34 million years ago) London Clay landscape
Dinosaur tail bonesFrom a Palaeontology field trip in Niger, West Africa
Cheirotherium footprintFootprints of Cheirotherium stortonense, an extinct reptile, on a slab of Triassic sandstone from Storeton, Cheshire, UK
Cooksonia pertoni, fossilised plantA fossilised pin-sized plant. The earliest land plants were very small as seen in the minute bifurcating stems terminating in expanded spore sacs of Cooksonia pertoni, 10 mm in length
Permian landscape
Skull of Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis). Krapina. Croatia. Natural History Museum. London. United Kingdom
Earliest man tracked by tooth, discovery in Pliocene strataThe earliest man tracked by a tooth: an astounding discovery of human remains in Pliocene strata. An artists vision of Hesperopithecus (the ape-man of the western world) and contemporary animals
Phacops, a fossil trilobiteThis Moroccan Devonian Phacops is enrolled, measuring 4.5 cm in width, and has a glabella covered in tubercles
Piltdown Man reconstructed, 1912Piltdown Man, as imagined by Illustrated London News special artist Amedee Forestier, soon after the discovery of the bones was made public in 1912
Piltdown Man article- The most ancient inhabitant of EnglandThe most ancient inhabitant of England: the newly found Sussex Man. A page from the Illustrated London News by W.P Pycraft, examining the parallels between the Piltdown Man skull and jaw
Dalmanites, a fossil trilobiteThis example of the Silurian trilobite Dalmanites, 4.2 cm long, shows to perfection the complex dorsal exoskeleton of these extinct arthropods
Urogomphus eximus, fossil dragonflyA fossil Jurassic dragonfly about 140 million years old, from the Kimmeridgian Lithographic Stone, Solenhofen, Bavaria, Germany
Lyme RegisThe Lower Jurassic cliffs incorporating Lower Lias and Charmouth Mudstone rocks, Charmouth, Dorset, UK
Upper Palaeolithic tools 18 - 30, 000 years oldL-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
Belemnotheutis antiquus, squidA well-preserved Upper Jurassic squid aged 160 million years. This specimen originates from Christian Malford, Wiltshire
Asaphus (Neoasaphus) kowalewskii, stalk- eyed trilobiteA complete 3-dimensional stalk-eyed trilobite measuring about 5 cms, discovered at Wolchow River, near St. Petersburgh, Russia. The specimen dates back to the Middle Ordovician period
PlesiosaurAn illustration by Neave Parker of the extinct marine reptile, Plesiosaur. These lived throughout most of the Mesozoic (MZ) era becoming extinct 65 million years ago at the time of the K-T extinction
Archegosaurus, extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian which lived during the Permian.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F
Ichthyosaurus, extinct genus of ichthyosaur from the Early Jurassic period.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg
Temnocidaris sceptrifera, fossil echinoidTemnocidaris (Stereocidaris) sceptrifera, 5.5 cm in diameter, from the Cretaceous Chalk of Hertfordshire, England, apical view
CrinoidsCriniods lived during the Lower Jurassic period. Their modern equivalents include echinoderms such as seaurchins, starfish and sea cucumbers
Dolmen of Pedracabana. Catalonia. SpainDolmen of Pedracabana. Cabo Valley. Catalonia. Spain
Gall midge in Baltic amberA gall midge is a fragile mosquito-like fly which produces galls on plants, seen here preserved in Baltic amber. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene
Precambrian volcanoAn impression by Micahael Copus of Precambrian (4, 500 to 544 million years ago) bomb-rock volcano in Leicestershire, England
Libellulium longialata, dragonflyFossil dragonfly from the Late Jurassic (150 million years old), Germany. On display in From the Beginning, Gallery 63, Earth Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London
Size of Argentavis magnificens compared to a human figureAn approximation of the size of Argentavis magnificens (" magnificent Argentine bird", or more literally " magnificent silver bird")
Late Neolithic Statuettes from Hacilar in north-western Anatolia, excavated during the 1960 season by James Mellaart, Assistant Director, The British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara. Date: 1961
Group of axes for work and battle. Some periods. DenmarkGroup of axes for work and battle. Core axes, flint axes and flake axes. Some periods. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark
Prehistory. Paleolithic. Hunters manufacturing weapons and cutting skins. Illustration by Lluis Bargall atercolour
Reconstruction of the rich marine life of the Cambrian era. Extinct crinoids, jellyfish, coral and horseshoe crabs. Illustration by Hugo Wolff-Maage from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt
Fossil skeleton of an extinct Brontosaurus excelsus. Illustration from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life, Georg Dollheimer, Leipzig, 1932
Map of the continents and seas in the Upper Carboniferous era. Atlantis, North America, Asia, European Peninsula, Gondwanaland
Skeleton of an extinct Rhamphorhynchus genusComplete skeleton of an extinct long-tailed pterosaur, Rhamphorhynchus genus. Illustration from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life, Georg Dollheimer, Leipzig, 1932
