M0011868: Reproduction of a page from Wilfred Edward Le Gros Clark's History of the Primates, 1962, illustrating a reconstruction of the skull of Pithecanthropus

Previous title, replaced May 2022: The skull of Pithecanthropus

Reproduction of a page from Clark, Wilfrid E. Le Gros (1895-1971): History of the primates : an introduction to the study of fossil man London : British Museum, 1962, page 75. The text underneath the photographs reads "The skull of Pithecanthropus reconstructed by the late Dr. F. Weidenreich from remains in Java, approximately one-third natural size".

1951

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative.

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.