Osteological Collections
The Peabody Museum's osteological collections derive from more than eighty countries on six continents, largely from archaeological contexts, and include human and nonhuman primate remains, fossils, and casts. The map below illustrates the geographical distribution of the collection.
 
The Museum also has sizeable anatomical teaching and hominid cast collections. The hominid casts are curated in the Paleoanthropology Laboratory. Osteology projects include faculty, staff, and student research; student internships; and curation of collections.
Liberian chimps.
Skhul V
Skhul V is among the most significant fossils for the study of human evolution. Currently dated between 80,000 and 100,000 years before present, this fossil represents one of the oldest known, nearly complete members of our species, Homo sapiens.
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Access to the Peabody Museum osteological collections is coordinated by the Osteology staff. Please review the Osteology research proposal guidlines before submitting a research request form.
Osteology lab protocol
Osteology research proposal guidelines
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