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Wax reconstruction of Neanderthal man.
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Wax reconstruction of Neanderthal man.

A Neanderthal tomb burial from La Chapelle aux Saints, France, dating from about 50,000 years ago. The extreme infirmities of the skeleton of an old man found at La Chapelle suggest that he was cared for by other members of his clan, or he would not have survived as long as he did. Such discoveries helped to change the original perception of Neanderthals as being brutish and ape-like.
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A Neanderthal tomb burial from La Chapelle aux Saints, France, dating from about...

Skull of Homo erectus from Sangiran Java. The earliest fossils of Homo erectus, or a more primitive ancestral form Homo ergaster, date back to 1.8–1.9 million years ago, in Kenya. Homo erectus has been identified as having been present in tropical areas of the Old World soon after this, and later still in temperate areas of Asia and Europe.
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Skull of Homo erectus from Sangiran Java. The earliest fossils of Homo erectus,...

Skull of Homo habilis from Lake Turkana, Kenya. Homo habilis is the earliest known species of the genus Homo; that is, the first human species. It existed from approximately 2.2 to 1.6 million years ago in east Africa. Only a few fossil remains have been discovered so far, but these specimens exhibit a clear trend toward larger brain size.
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Skull of Homo habilis from Lake Turkana, Kenya. Homo habilis is the earliest kno...

Cast of the skull-cap of the Peking Man excavated in 1966 at Chou-K'ou-Tien, China. Middle Pleistocene (Diluvium). Height: 11.9 cm
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Cast of the skull-cap of the Peking Man excavated in 1966 at Cho...

Cast of skull and lower jaw-bone of the Lan-T'ien ape-man found in excavations at Lan-T'ien, Shensi, China, in 1963 and 1964. Height: 18 cm
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Cast of skull and lower jaw-bone of the Lan-T'ien ape-man found...

A whinnying horse. Head, bone figure from Mas d'Aril, Ariege, France. Magdalenian, early Middle Stone Age (Mesolithic). Length 4 cm
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A whinnying horse. Head, bone figure from Mas d'Aril, Ariege,...

Bison licking its back. Bone figure from La Madeleine, Dordogne, France. Magdalenian, early Middle Stone Age (Mesolithic). Length 10 cm
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Bison licking its back. Bone figure from La Madeleine, Dordo...

The Horse of Lourdes. Bone figure from Grotte des Espelugnes, Hautes-Pyrenees, France. Superior Magdalenian, beginning of Middle Stone Age (Mesolithic). Length 5.5 cm
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The Horse of Lourdes. Bone figure from Grotte des Espelugnes, H...

A baby goat. Bone figure from St. Michel d'Arudy, Basses-Pyrenees, France. Superior Magdalenian, beginning of Middle Stone Age (Mesolithic). Size 4 cm
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A baby goat. Bone figure from St. Michel d'Arudy, Bass...

A fish (sole). Bone figure from Grotte des Boeufs, Lespugue, France. Superior Magdalenian, beginning of Middle Stone Age (Mesolithic). Size 4 cm
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A fish (sole). Bone figure from Grotte des Boeufs, Lespu...

Battling rams. Stone relief from Le Roc-de-Sens, Charente, France. Superior Solutrean, end of Early Stone Age (Palaeolithic). Size 100 x 50 cm
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Battling rams. Stone relief from Le Roc-de-Sens, Charente...