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Virtual Skulls

Select a skull from below, this will open in a new window allowing you to do the following:

• when your cursor changes to a hand you can drag your mouse in either direction to rotate the skull
• when your cursor is either on the left or the right side of the popup window, it will change to a thin arrow, hold your mouse down to rotate the skull in either direction
• click on the icon to view a static bottom view of the skull, click again on the icon to return to the front view which you can rotate
• a ruler will show at the top of the window when the skull is either to the front or facing to the left
• hold your Shift key down to zoom in
• hold your Control/Command key down to zoom out

You will need the Quicktime plugin to view these virtual skulls.

Proconsul heseloni High-quality (829k) Low-quality (392k)	Australopithecus afarensis High-quality (764k) Low-quality (357k)	Australopithecus africanus High-quality (689k) Low-quality (338k)
Australopithecus robustus High-quality (641k) Low-quality (327k)	Paranthropus boisei High-quality (686k) Low-quality (341k)	Homo rudolfensis High-quality (646k) Low-quality (336k)
Homo ergaster High-quality (632k) Low-quality (332k)	Homo erectus High-quality (655k) Low-quality (341k)	Homo habilis High-quality (601k) Low-quality (327k)
Homo heidelbergensis High-quality (701k) Low-quality (334k)	Homo neanderthalensis High-quality (810k) Low-quality (381k)	Homo sapiens High-quality (725k) Low-quality (272k)
Chimpanzee pan troglodytes High-quality (526k) Low-quality (275k)	Gorilla gorilla gorilla High-quality (602k) Low-quality (300k)	Taung child High-quality (727k) Low-quality (370k)

All skull views
Front view
Side view
Bottom view
Top view

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