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3D Hominin Artifact Models

These models were scanned from plaster casts owned by the Anthropology Department at Kenyon College. They mostly represent fossil hominins from sites excavated in the first half of the 20th century, many of which are not available from modern casting sources. They have been digitized and made freely accessible so that they can be used as teaching and learning tools anywhere. As an additional teaching tool, we have created a list of embed codes to "unidentified" versions of the models, which can be embedded in any web page for testing purposes. You can also access all identified and unidentified models from our Sketchfab collection.

The casts were scanned by Kenyon students Akarys Yegizbay and Cheran De Silva using a HP 3D Structured Lights Scanner Pro S3 with Dual Camera. This project was made possible thanks to a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Le Moustier maxilla fragment (Homo sapiens neanderthalensis)

Origin: France. Time Period: Late Pleistocene (~35-65 ka). Scanned from plaster cast.
Modjokerto calvarium infant (Homo erectus)

Origin: Java. Scanned from plaster cast.
Monte Circeo I cranium (Neanderthal)

Origin: Italy. Scanned from plaster cast.
Skhul 1 cranium (juvenile) (transitional H. sapiens)

Origin: Mt. Carmel, Israel. Scanned from plaster cast.
Ehringsdorf (Calotte) (Homo sapiens)

Origin: Germany. Scanned from plaster cast.
Skhul 1 mandible (juvenile) (transitional H. sapiens)

Origin: Mt. Carmel, Israel. Scanned from plaster cast.
Predmosti (H. sapiens)

Origin: Austria. Scanned from plaster cast.
Steinheim (H. sapiens)

Origin: Stuttgart, Germany. Scanned from plaster cast.
Neander Valley (Neanderthal type specimen)

Origin: Neander Valley, Germany. Scanned from plaster cast.
Choukoutien (Lower Cave- Locus G-1) mandible (Homo erectus)

Origin: China. Scanned from plaster cast.
Wadjak I cranium (Homo sapiens)

Origin: Java. Scanned from plaster cast.
Saldhana Bay (Homo sapiens)

Reconstructed half-skull. Origin: South Africa. Scanned from plaster cast.
Choukoutien (Lower cave) cranium (Homo erectus)

Origin: China. Scanned from plaster cast.
Choukoutien (Lower cave) mandible (Homo erectus)

Origin: China. Scanned from plaster cast.
Choukoutien (Lower cave- locus t) skull I (Homo erectus)

Origin: China. Scanned from plaster cast.
Spy- calotte (Neanderthal)

Origin: Belgium. Scanned from plaster cast.
Baboon mandible (Papio anubis)

Origin: Africa. Time Period: Recent. Scanned from plaster cast.
Kabwe Skull (Homo heidelbergensis)

Origin: Zambia. Time Period: Late Pleistocene (~200-300 ka). Scanned from plaster cast.
La Quina 18 juvenile cranium (Homo neanderthalensis)

Origin: France. Time Period: Late Pleistocene (~35-65 ka). Scanned from plaster cast.
La Quina 5 cranium (Homo neanderthalensis)

Origin: France. Time Period: Late Pleistocene (~35-65 ka). Scanned from plaster cast.
La Quina 5 maxilla fragment (Homo sapiens neanderthalensis)

Origin: France. Time Period: Late Pleistocene (~35-65 ka). Scanned from plaster cast.