Homo erectus skull, "Peking Man"  (240,000 to 500,000 years)

The Homo erectus skull "Peking Man" is also known as Pithecanthropus pekinensis (Sinathropus).  The original reconstruction was prepared by Dr. F. Weidenreich and Mrs. Lucille Swan in 1937 from the fossil remains of several different individuals found in the caves at Zhoukoudian, China.  The skull is somewhat unique in that a rare metopic suture is present along the mid-line of the frontal bone.  The re-creation offered here is based on a more recent reconstruction by Sawyer and Tattersall of the American Museum of Natural History.  In Sawyer's and Tattersall's reconstruction, the jaw is more massive based on males, while the original was based on females.  Cranial capacity averages about 1050cm³. The skull has a large brow ridge and a ridge of bone on the back of the skull.

Stand available - see product code SBH005.

Model size: 21(L) x 14(W) x 16(H) cm

The Bone Clones® Hominid Series

Our aim is to provide the best possible facsimile models of the most important hominid finds for the general public, educators and students, using the best reference material available.  Each hominid has been carefully researched and re-created based on some or all of the following: casts of original fossils, the latest literature (descriptions and/or published measurements), input from the scientific community and full color, life-size photographs.  Every effort has been made to accurately re-create anatomical details of color, size, shape, reconstructed areas, and bone/fossil texture.  The hominids offered in this series are high quality, artistic recreations that can be advantageously used by educators as important visual aids in the classroom and appreciated by the general public.  They are not intended for advanced graduate work nor to be measured for research purposes.

(Information courtesy Bone Clones, Inc)