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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
Acropora, a scleractinian coralBranch, 9 cm long, of the scleractinian coral Acropora from the Pleistocene of Yemen
MilleporaBranching colony, 11 cm in height, of the hydrozoan Millepora from the Pleistocene of Aldabra in the Indian Ocean
Fungia, coralFungia is a free-living scleractinian coral. In this large example, almost 10 cm in diameter, from the Pleistocene of Yemen
Toxodon Platensis, found at SadilloIllustration (p.134) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890
Skin from a Ground slothThis rare sloth skin, one of the best examples of its kind, was found in a cave in Chile in the early 1900 s
Dominican copalPiece of Dominican copal. Quaternary less than 2 million years old. Copal can be distinguished from amber by the alcohol test
Upper premolar of Stephanorhinus hundsheimensisUpper premolar of an exinct rhino found during the Boxgrove excavation. Boxgrove is a Middle Pleistocene site in West Sussex, England
Coelodonta antiquitatis, woolly rhinocerosFossil horn specimen from the extinct woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis)
Pachyornis elephantopus, heavy-footed moaSkeleton of a heavy-footed moa (Pachyornis elephantopus) specimen found in New Zealand during the Holocene period (10, 000 to present). See also T25118
Pachyornis elephantophus, moa birdThe giant extinct bird seen here is a Moa and is about 5000 years old, found exclusively in New Zealand
Picea excelsa, fossilised spruce coneShown here is the fossilised cone of (Picea excelsa), a spruce tree dating from the Pleistocene and approximately 500, 000 years old. Originates from Cromer Forest, Mundesley, Norfolk, UK
Megaladapis edwardsi, giant lemurSkull of the giant lemur, Megaladapis edwardsi. The giant lemur was roughly gorilla-sized and lived as recently as 2, 000 year ago. Specimen dates from the Quaternary, near Ampoza, S.W Madagascar
Eoliths from Israel. Crude stone pebbles found in Lower Pleistocene contexts; once thought to be the work of human agency, but now generally regarded as natural products
Lower cheek teeth of fossil horseShown here are the lower cheek teeth of the extinxt horse, Equus. Equus was a high-crowned grazing species and lived about 200, 000 years ago
Tail of a GlyptodonThe Glyptodon, a massive fully armoured mammal that lived during the Pleistocene period. Remains have been discovered in Argentina
Hand-Axes
Homo erectus, Acheulian manAn illustration of a lakeside campsite 400, 000 years ago of Acheulian man (Homo erectus) in the Quaternary Hoxnian Interglacial period, Lower Palaeolithic
Fossil shellsA selction of Mediterranean and Arctic shells from the Pliocene and Pleistocene crag of East Anglia
Homo neanderthalensis (Kebarah) burial siteBurial site of Neanderthal Man (Homo neanderthalensis), 60, 000 years old from the Pleistocene, Kabara, Israel. On display in From the Beginning, Gallery 63
Pleistocene BritainAn artists impression of Britain at the time of the penultimate glaciation, from space during the Pleistocene period (1.8 million to 11, 000 years ago)
Insects in copalTwo flies trapped in copal from East Africa - Rhagio sp. and Chrysopilus sp. Specimens date from modern to pleistocene (2 million years ago). Copal is a more mature form of amber
Skull of Toxodon platensisThree-quarters view. Skull length is 66 cms. Pleistocene specimen collected by Charles Darwin near Montevideo, Uraguay during the voyage of the Beagle 1832-1836
Foot of Macrauchenia patachonicaMaximum dimension 30.5 cms. Pleistocene specimen collected by Charles Darwin in Argentina during the voyage of the Beagle 1832-1836
View of Middle Pleistocene site of Bilzingsleben, GermanyShowing the accumulation of mammal bones and artifacts. Lower Palaeolithic, 400, 000 years old. Photo by Chris Stringer
Homo neanderthalensis (Swanscombe 1) CraniumThree cranial bones discovered at the Barnfield Gravel Pit, Swanscombe, Kent between 1935 and 1955. Both the date and species of these homind remains have been the subject over the last decade or so
Mylodon darwinii, ground sloth toenails13, 000 year old specimens of ground sloth toenails dating from the Pleistocene, Chile
Pleistocene landscapeAn artists impression of the Eden Valley, Cumbria during the Pleistocene epoch which occurred between 1.8 million years ago to 10, 000 years ago