Hominid Collection (#5)

Bornean orangutan C016 / 6110
Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus). This specimen was collected by Alfred Russell Wallace and is held at the Natural History Museum, London, UK

Homo sp. pelvis comparison C016 / 5935
Homo sp. pelvis comparison. Side view comparison of pelvis (ischium) of a male Homo heidelbergensis, (Broken Hill E719) and a cast of Homo erectus Pelvis (OH28) discovered at Olduvai Gorge

Prehistoric flint tools C014 / 1014
Prehistoric flint tools. Selection of flint tools found in Mauritania, West Africa, dating to 8, 000 to 10, 000 years ago

Neolithic flint arrowhead C014 / 1024
Neolithic flint arrowhead. Stone-age flint arrowhead dating from around 8, 000 to 10, 000 years ago. This specimen was found in Mauritania, West Africa

Neolithic flint arrowheads C014 / 1031
Neolithic flint arrowheads. Stone-age flint arrowheads dating from around 8, 000 to 10, 000 years ago. These specimens were found in Mauritania, West Africa

Neolithic flint arrowheads C014 / 1029
Neolithic flint arrowheads. Stone-age flint arrowheads dating from around 8, 000 to 10, 000 years ago. These specimens were found in Mauritania, West Africa

Neolithic flint arrowheads C014 / 1036
Neolithic flint arrowheads. Stone-age flint arrowheads dating from around 8, 000 to 10, 000 years ago. These specimens were found in Mauritania, West Africa

Neolithic flint arrowhead C014 / 1027
Neolithic flint arrowhead. Stone-age flint arrowhead dating from around 8, 000 to 10, 000 years ago. This specimen was found in Mauritania, West Africa

Neolithic flint arrowheads C014 / 1035
Neolithic flint arrowheads. Stone-age flint arrowheads dating from around 8, 000 to 10, 000 years ago. These specimens were found in Mauritania, West Africa

Neolithic flint arrowhead C014 / 1021
Neolithic flint arrowhead. Stone-age flint arrowhead dating from around 8, 000 to 10, 000 years ago. This specimen was found in Mauritania, West Africa

Neolithic flint arrowhead C014 / 1028
Neolithic flint arrowhead. Stone-age flint arrowhead dating from around 8, 000 to 10, 000 years ago. This specimen was found in Mauritania, West Africa

Prehistoric humans, artwork
Prehistoric humans. Computer artwork showing prehistoric humans travelling across a frozen land

Man evolving into a pig, conceptual image C014 / 0691
Man evolving into a pig, conceptual image

Man evolving into a pig, conceptual image C014 / 0690
Man evolving into a pig, conceptual image

Man evolving into a pig, conceptual image C014 / 0689
Man evolving into a pig, conceptual image

Reconstruction of Piltdown skull C016 / 5942
Reconstruction of the Piltdown Man (Eoanthropus dawsoni) skull, as described in 1912, following the discovery of a skull and jaw fragments near Piltdown, Sussex

Paranthropus robustus and leopard jaw C015 / 6933
Paranthropus robustus skull (SK-54) and leopard jaw (SK-349). These fossils date from around 1.5 million years ago. SK-54 is the skull-cap from a child australopithecine, found in 1949 in Swartkrans

Paranthropus aethiopicus (KNM-WT 17000) C015 / 6932
Paranthropus aethiopicus skull (KNM-WT 17000). This extinct species, a very early part of the human evolutionary tree, is also known as Australopithecus aethiopicus

Homo rudolfensis skull (KNM-ER 1470) C015 / 6930
Homo rudolfensis skull (KNM-ER 1470). This fossil specimen dates from around 1.9 million years ago, and was discovered in 1972 in Koobi Fora, on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana, Kenya

Homo ergaster skull (KNM-ER 3733) C015 / 6927
Homo ergaster skull (KNM-ER 3733). This fossil specimen dates from around 1.8 million years ago, and was discovered in 1975 in Koobi Fora, on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana, Kenya

Homo ergaster skull (SK-847 and SK-15) C015 / 6928
Homo ergaster skull. This skull consists of two fossils: SK-847 (main) and SK-15 (lower jaw). The fossils are those of an extinct species that forms an early part of the human evolutionary tree

Homo heidelbergensis skull, Broken Hill 1 C015 / 6924
Homo heidelbergensis skull. This is the Broken Hill 1 (Kabwe 1) fossil skull, originally classified as Homo rhodesiensis (Rhodesian Man)

Homo heidelbergensis vertebra C015 / 6799
Homo heidelbergensis vertebra. This fossil vertebra was excavated from the Sima de los Huesos pit in the Atapuerca foothills in Spain

Australopithecus africanus skull (STS-71) C015 / 6798
Australopithecus africanus skull. This skull consists of two fossils: STS-71 and STS-36. STS-71 is the upper specimen, discovered in 1947, in Sterkfontein, South Africa

Homo antecessor landscape. Artwork of a Homo antecessor hunter (lower right) on a prehistoric European river plain during the Pleistocene. H

Paranthropus boisei skulls. Two reconstructions of Paranthropus boisei (previously Australopithecus bosei) skulls based on skull OH5 found at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, in 1959 by Mary Leakey

Australopithecus afarensis landscape. Artwork of Australopithecus afarensis male and female hominins (left) walking across African savannah during the Pliocene. A

Australopithecus afarensis jaw comparison. Chimpanzee skull (top), A. afarensis jaws (centre) and human jaws. This comparison shows that the prominent jaws of A

Collection of hominid remains. These remains were found in the Omo valley, Ethiopia, in 1967 by teams led by Richard Leakey

Neanderthal skeleton C016 / 5666
Neandertal skeleton. Life size model of a male Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) skeleton. This was created using a modified modern human skeleton and replicas of Neanderthal fossil bones

Hominoid and human mandible C016 / 5609
Hominoid and human mandible (lower jaw). Human mandible (left) compared with a Sivapithecus hominoid mandible. Sivapithecus, an extinct ape from the Miocene, lived 9 million years ago

Hominoid cranial fragment C016 / 5608
Hominoid (Sivapithecus meteai) cranial fragment. A lower fragment of the cranium showing the maxilla (upper jaw), incisors, canine, premolars and molars

Solo man (Homo erectus) cranium C016 / 5605
Cast of the Solo Man (Homo erectus) cranium (Ngandong 1). The Solo Man cranium was discovered at Ngandong, close to the Solo River on the island of Java, Indonesia

Homo erectus cranium OH 9 C016 / 5604
Homo erectus cranium (OH 9). The skull of Homo erectus known as OH 9, found at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania by Louis Leakey in 1960. This specimen is 1.2 million years old

Orangutan skull, artwork C016 / 5549
Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) skull. Pencil and ink drawing by Henrik Gronvold (1858-1940) from Notes on Anthropoid Apes (1904) by Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild

Prehistoric human skull bones C016 / 5496
Prehistoric human skull bones. These fossil remains are from modern humans (Homo sapiens) and date from up to 12, 000 years ago

Neanderthal cranium (Gibraltar 1) C016 / 5324
Neanderthal cranium (Gibraltar 1). Oblique view of a cast of the fossil of the adult female Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) cranium discovered at Forbes Quarry, Gibraltar

Neanderthal cranium (Gibraltar 1) C016 / 5323
Neanderthal cranium (Gibraltar 1). Frontal view of a cast of the fossil of the adult female Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) cranium discovered at Forbes Quarry, Gibraltar

Homo neanderthalensis (Tabun C1) C016 / 5325
Homo neanderthalensis (Tabun C1). Model of a Neanderthal female holding a spear, based on a fossil skeleton called Tabun C1

Homo neanderthalensis (Tabun C1) C016 / 5309
Homo neanderthalensis (Tabun C1). Model of a Neanderthal female holding a spear, based on a fossil skeleton called Tabun C1

Neanderthal cranium (Neanderthal 1) C016 / 5306
Neanderthal cranium (Neanderthal 1). Cast of the fossil cranium of Neanderthal 1, the original Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis)

Homo habilis cranium (OH 24) C016 / 5252
Homo habilis cranium (OH 24). Cast of a reconstructed cranium from Bed 1, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. This specimen, Olduvai Hominid 24 (OH 24), is also known as Twiggy

Homo heidelbergensis mandible (Mauer 1) C016 / 5208
Homo heidelbergensis mandible (Mauer 1). Cast of the fossil mandible from the Homo heidelbergensis specimen discovered by workmen in 1907 at Mauer, Germany

Homo neanderthalensis cranium (Tabun 1) C016 / 5201
Homo neanderthalensis cranium (Tabun 1). Side view of a cast of a fossil skull of a female Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis)

Homo sapiens cranium (Omo 1) C016 / 5174
Homo sapiens cranium (Omo 1). Side view of a reconstruction of the fossil Homo sapiens skull known as Omo 1 and discovered in 1967 by a team led by Richard Leakey

Homo sapiens cranium (Omo 1) C016 / 5173
Homo sapiens cranium (Omo 1). Frontal view of a reconstruction of the fossil Homo sapiens skull known as Omo 1 and discovered in 1967 by a team led by Richard Leakey

Homo sapiens cranium (Omo 2) C016 / 5169
Homo sapiens cranium (Omo 2). Side view of a cast of a fossil Homo sapiens cranium dating from 130, 000 years ago. Known as Omo 2, it was discovered in 1967 at the Omo River

Homo sapiens cranium (Omo 2) C016 / 5167
Homo sapiens cranium (Omo 2). Oblique view of a cast of a fossil Homo sapiens cranium dating from 130, 000 years ago. Known as Omo 2, it was discovered in 1967 at the Omo River

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