Racial Origins Anatomy Models (17)
Racial origins anatomy models are designed to support structured anthropological and anatomical education across classroom and collegiate learning environments. This collection includes models that illustrate cranial and skeletal variations used in the study of human population diversity and comparative morphology. These models support demonstration, research-based instruction, and system-level study within anthropology, biology, and anatomy programs.
SOMSO Reconstruction of a skull of H. rudolfensis
Model#: S 8In SOMSO-Plast®. Site and date of finding: Koobi Fora (Upper Burgi Member) Kenya; Uraha (Chiwondo Beds) Malawi Age: Koobi Fora findings: approx. 2.0-1.8 million years Upper Pliocene Lowee Pliocene. Uraha: 2.5-2.1 million years Upper Pliocene....
SOMSO The Steinheim Skull Homo heidelbergensis
Model#: S 11In SOMSO-Plast®. Site and date of finding: Steinheim an der Murr (north of Stuttgart Germany) 1933. Age: Middle-Pleistocene Mindel-Riss or Holstein Interglacial Period approx. 250.000 years.
SOMSO Reconstruction of a skull of Paranthropus aethiopicus
Model#: S 10In SOMSO-Plast®. Model assessed by Prof. Dr. Uwe Hoßfeld Didactics of Biology research group Bienenhaus Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena. Place and year of discovery: West side of Lake Turkana (Lake Rudolf) Kenya 1985. Age: approx....
SOMSO Reconstruction of Australopithecus afarensis
Model#: S 7In SOMSO-Plast®. Fossil sites of Australopithecus afarensis: Belohdelie Fejej Hadar (Denen Dora-Sidi Hakoma- and Kada Hadar-Member) Maka and Omo (Shungura and Usno Formation) Ethiopia Laetoli (Lower and Upper Laetoli Beds) Tanzania. Age: 3.6 - 3.0...
SOMSO Lower Jaw from Mauer near Heidelberg, Homo heidelbergensis
Model#: S 6In SOMSO-Plast®. Site and date of find: Mauer (south-east of Heidelberg Germany) 1907. Age: Middle Pleistocene approx. 500000 - 600000 years. In one piece.
SOMSO Reconstruction of the Pelvis of Australopithecus africanus
Model#: S 5/Sts 14In SOMSO-Plast®. Site and date of finding: Sterkfontein Republic of South Africa 1947. Age: Upper Pliocene approx. 2.5 - 3 million years.
SOMSO Reconstruction of the Skull of Proconsul africanus
Model#: S 5/1In SOMSO-Plast®. Site and date of finding: Rusinga Island Kenya East-Africa 1948. Age: approx. 20 million years (Early Miocene).
SOMSO Reconstruction of a Skull of Australopithecus africanus
Model#: S 5In SOMSO-Plast®. Site and date of finding: Sterkfontein (Transvaal South-Africa) 1947. Stratum of finding: "member 4" (formerly: lower breccia). Age: Lower Pliocene approx. 2.5 - 3.0 mill. years. Set of teeth and lower jaw have...
SOMSO Reconstruction of the Skull of Homo sapiens
Model#: S 4In SOMSO-Plast®. As an example of the Cromagnon man we have taken a skull from the series of findings from Predmost (Czech Republic). Site/date of finding: Predmost (North Moravia) 1884 - 1928. Age: Top Upper...
SOMSO Reconstruction of Femur of Homo neanderthalensis
Model#: S 3/FIn SOMSO-Plast®. Site and date of finding: Feldhofer Cave Neander Valley near Düsseldorf 1856. Age: middle Upper Pleistocene (Würm Glacial) approx. 60 000 years old.
SOMSO Reconstruction of the Skull of Homo habilis (O.H. 24)
Model#: S 3/1In SOMSO-Plast®. Site and date of finding: Olduvai Gorge region DK 1 east 1968. Age: approx. 1.85 million years Pliocene. Separates into 2 parts.
SOMSO Reconstruction of the Skull of Homo neanderthalensis
Model#: S 3In SOMSO-Plast®. Site and date of finding: La Chapelle aux Saints (Dordogne France) 1908. Age: middle Upper Pleistocene (Wuerm glacial) approx. 40000 - 70000 years old. The upper dental arcade and the lower jaw have...
SOMSO Reconstruction of Femur of Homo ergaster
Model#: S 2/KNMIn SOMSO-Plast®. Site and date of finding: Koobi Fora Kenya East-Africa 1971. Age: Middle Pleistocene approx. 1.8 million years.
SOMSO Reconstruction of Femur of Homo erectus (Trinil 3)
Model#: S 2/FIn SOMSO-Plast®. Site and date of finding: Trinil Java Indonesia 1892. Age: Lower Middle-Pleistocene approx. 800.000 years.
SOMSO Reconstruction of the Skull of Homo ergaster (KNM-ER 3733)
Model#: S 2/3733In SOMSO-Plast®. Site and date of finding: Koobi Fora East Turkana Region Kenya East- Africa 1975. Age: Upper Pliocene approx. 1.8 million years.
SOMSO Reconstruction of the Skull of Homo erectus
Model#: S 2In SOMSO-Plast®. Site and date of finding: Sangiran (Central Java) 1936 and 1939. Stratum of finding: Djetis formation. Age: Lower Pleistocene less than 1.9 million years. Separates into 2 parts.
SOMSO Reconstruction of the Skull of Paranthropus boisei
Model#: S 1In SOMSO-Plast®. Site and date of finding: Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania East Africa) 1959. Stratum of finding: bottom bed I Olduvai. Age: Lower Pleistocene approx. 1.7 million years. Separates into 2 parts.
