Category: Skeleton Gallery

(Homo heidelbergensis) Middle Stone Age fossil Nickname: Rhodesian Man Site: Kabwe, Zambia (on in a lead and zinc mine, 18 meters below the ground level) Year of Discovery:  June 17th, 1921 Discovered by: Tom Zwiglaar Age: Between 324,000 and 274,000 years old Original specimen: Natural History Museum, London     First early human fossil ever...

(Elephas maximus)  Over 200 bones make up the Elephant’s skeletal system.  It has seven neck vertebrae, but unlike most herbivores, the elephant’s vertebrae are flat disc shapes to support the weight of the tusks and trunk.  The ribs extend down most of the spine to form a large barrel...