"BONE CLONES HOLDINGS"

A gigantic amphibian skull.

Explore variation within the canids.

Examine anatomical differences based on diet.

An impressive collection of claws for comparison.

Why did this evolve?

Is this structure analogous or homologous?

Komodo dragons, endemic to a few small islands in Indonesia, are the largest of the world's lizards (this specimen is approximately 10 feet long).

Once on the brink of extinction with only 800 pairs, they have been increasing steadily, now with close to 3000 breeding pairs. We gratefully acknowledge and thank the Vertebrate Zoology Department at the Santa Barbara Museum of natural history for lending us this fine specimen from their collection. The bald eagle is federally protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Act and by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. This cast would be a great addition to any biology, zoology or ornithology program studying comparative bird skeletal anatomy.

The skull of the Bullmastiff reflects its canid origins and breed characteristics, being 60% Mastiff and 40% Bulldog; a short muzzle preferably with a level or slight under bite like a Bulldog, and a heavy, square skull with moderately wide set eyes like a Mastiff. This skeleton would be a great addition to any veterinary program or comparative anatomy program focused on canid evolution.

This valuable set was created to introduce the student to human osteology.

2.9 to 3.6 MYA. Australopithecus afarensis is the best represented early hominid with approximately 100 fossils representing the species.

1.75 MYA. The Homo ergaster Skull KNM-ER 3733 with dentition was discovered by B. Ngeneo in 1975 in Koobi Fora, Kenya, and described by R. Leakey in Nature in 1976.

1.8 MYA. The Australopithecus boisei skull, is the most famous fossil from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. OH 5 was discovered by Mary Leakey in 1959 and originally classified as Zinjanthropus boisei by L. Leakey in Nature later that year.

30000 to 32000 YA. This Cro-Magnon skull was discovered by L. Lartet and H. Christy on a cliff in 1868 (during the construction of railway lines in Les-Eyzies, France). Cro-Magnon, meaning 'big cliff', represents the earliest modern humans from Western Europe.

50000 YA. The Homo neanderthalensis Skull La Ferrassie 1 was discovered in France in 1909 and described that same year by Capitan and Peyrony.

3.2 MYA. The Australopithecus afarensis skull 'Lucy' was discovered by D. Johanson in 1974 in Hadar, Ethiopia.