Pathological and Anthropological Skulls

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Skull with Cleft Palate and MaxillaA29/3

Severe congenital facial defect on the left side of the skull. The 1-part skull has 29 teeth.

Hydrocephalic SkullA29/2

The enlarged cranium is typical for this sometimes fatal condition. The top of the 1-part skull is partially covered with periosteal formation. The first premolar and molar on the right side of the mandible are diseased.

Microcephalic Skull

Young male. This 1-part microcephalic skull has an alveolar abscess of the right maxilla with the canine tooth suspended in the abscess. The molars exhibit severe attrition. It has 27 teeth.
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Anthropological Skulls - VP750 -VP755

Sinanthropus - VP750

Homo erectus pekinensis (Pithocanthropus pekinensis). Representation of early man. Year of discovery: 1928. Location of discovery: a cave in Choukoutien in the vicinity of Peking. Age: 400,000 years.

La Chapelle aux Saints - VP751

Homo sapiens neanderthalensis (classic Neanderthal). Representative of early man. Year of discovery: 1908. Location of discovery: Southern France. Age: 35,000 -40,000 years.

Cro Magnon - VP752

Homo sapiens sapiens. Representative of ice-age human. Year of discovery: 1868. Location of dicovery: a cave in Viser valley in Southern France. Age: 20,000 - 30,000 years.

Steinheim- VP753

Homo sapiens praesapiens. Reconstruction. Year of discovery: 1933. Location of discovery: Steinheim on the Murr, near Stuttgart. Age: 200,000 years.

Broken Hill - VP754

Homo erectus rhodesiensis. Representative of early man. Year of discovery: 1921. Location of discovery: North-West Rhodesia. Age: 40,000 years.

Oldoway H5 - VP755

Australopithecus boisei (Zinjanthropus boisei). Discovery group: Australopithecus (ancient man). Year of discovery:1959. Location of discovery: Oldoway Canyon, East Africa. Age: 1,750,000 years.