"WardsSci000405"

These 1:2 scale casts of 6 human skulls allow for the study of characteristics suggestive of geographical ancestry (African, Asian, and European) and sex.

Designed based upon the Science magazine Inquiry Based Instruction (IBI) award winning lab, “How We Got Here: An Inquiry-Based Activity About Human Evolution” (Price, Science, Dec. 21st, 2012, Issue 338(6114):p1554-55), students collect and analyze data from the replica skulls to uncover and correct fundamental misconceptions about evolution.

This skull is a replica of Dawson's so-called "Dawn Man," which had been unearthed in a gravel pit at Piltdown near Sussex, England, by Charles Dawson in 1912.