let fossils = [{"Nid":"707","name":"KNM-KP 29285","To_Time":"-4100000","Time_Text":"About 4.1 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Kanapoi, Kenya","Species":"Australopithecus anamensis","topicColor":"8","image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/anamensis_KP29285_tibia_CC_sq.jpg.webp?itok=hjYhta09\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of KNM-KP 29285\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/anamensis_KP29285_tibia_CC_sq.jpg.webp?itok=hjYhta09"},{"Nid":"708","name":"KNM-ER 1481","To_Time":"-1890000","Time_Text":"About 1.89 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Koobi Fora, Kenya","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":"8","image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_KNMER1481_left_femur_CC_sq.jpg.webp?itok=dnoLWQ8C\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of KNM-ER 1481\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_KNMER1481_left_femur_CC_sq.jpg.webp?itok=dnoLWQ8C"},{"Nid":"709","name":"Liujiang","To_Time":"-68000","Time_Text":"Abotu 68,000 years old","summary":"This is the oldest modern human skull known from East Asia.","site":"Liujiang, China","Species":"Homo sapiens","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/sapiens_Liujiang1_skull_JDDHJH_lt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=GPn-nChN\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Liujiang\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/sapiens_Liujiang1_skull_JDDHJH_lt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=GPn-nChN"},{"Nid":"710","name":"Kow Swamp","To_Time":"-13000","Time_Text":"About 13,000 - 9,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Kow Swamp, Australia","Species":"Homo sapiens","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/sapiens_Kow_Swamp_skull_JDDHJH_rt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=JtDkOL2N\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Kow Swamp\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/sapiens_Kow_Swamp_skull_JDDHJH_rt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=JtDkOL2N"},{"Nid":"726","name":"Oase 2","To_Time":"-41500","Time_Text":"About 41,500\u201339,500 years old","summary":"This skull looks modern but retains a few archaic traits, such as wide cheek bones. Some scientists wonder if this means that on rare occasions <italic>Homo sapiens<\/italic> interbred with Neanderthals, who lived in Europe at the same time.","site":"Pe\u015ftera cu Oase, Romania","Species":"Homo sapiens","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/sapiens_oase_2_skull_jddh_s_s.jpg.webp?itok=FZa_tgmv\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Oase 2\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/sapiens_oase_2_skull_jddh_s_s.jpg.webp?itok=FZa_tgmv"},{"Nid":"734","name":"Irhoud 3","To_Time":"-160000","Time_Text":"About 160,000 years old","summary":"<bold>Longer childhood and adolescence<\/bold>\r\nAs teeth develop, new enamel layers form daily. Scientists used CT-scanning to count the enamel layers on the 160,000 year old teeth of a 7-8 year old <italic>Homo sapiens<\/italic> child found at Jebel Irhoud, Morocco. The layers show that the teeth were growing and erupting at the same rate as those of seven- to eight-year-old children today, telling us that this fossil human child was growing at the same rate as living humans.","site":"Jebel Irhoud, Morocco","Species":"Homo sapiens","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/3.6.3-13_JebelTooth_Composite_TS_sq.jpg.webp?itok=TP2QxtdE\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Irhoud 3\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/3.6.3-13_JebelTooth_Composite_TS_sq.jpg.webp?itok=TP2QxtdE"},{"Nid":"741","name":"D2282","To_Time":"-1770000","Time_Text":"About 1.77 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/2021-05\/NHB2014-02845%20Dmanisi%20D2282_sq_0.jpg.webp?itok=vMUl21Uu\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of D2282\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/2021-05\/NHB2014-02845%20Dmanisi%20D2282_sq_0.jpg.webp?itok=vMUl21Uu"},{"Nid":"745","name":"BAR 1002'00","To_Time":"-6000000","Time_Text":"About 6 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Tugen Hills, Kenya","Species":"Orrorin tugenensis","topicColor":"8","image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/tugenensis_Bar1002_femur_CC_sq.jpg.webp?itok=KLx1VcKd\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of BAR 1002'00\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/tugenensis_Bar1002_femur_CC_sq.jpg.webp?itok=KLx1VcKd"},{"Nid":"746","name":"TM 266-01-060-1","To_Time":"-7000000","Time_Text":"Between 7 and 6 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Toros-Menalla, Chad","Species":"Sahelanthropus tchadensis","topicColor":"7","image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02878%20Sahelanthropus%20tchadensis_sq.jpg.webp?itok=Zbov9eVY\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of TM 266-01-060-1\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02878%20Sahelanthropus%20tchadensis_sq.jpg.webp?itok=Zbov9eVY"},{"Nid":"747","name":"ARA-VP-6\/500","To_Time":"-4400000","Time_Text":"About 4.4 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Aramis, Middle Awash, Ethiopia","Species":"Ardipithecus ramidus","topicColor":"8","image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of ARA-VP-6\/500\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3"},{"Nid":"750","name":"KNM-WT 40000","To_Time":"-3500000","Time_Text":"About 3.5 million years old","summary":"<bold>Controversial skull<\/bold>\r\nThe flat lower face of this skull suggests it represents its own branch of the human family tree. Yet due to its crushed and cracked preservation, the skull is thought by some scientists to offer insufficient evidence of a distinct species.","site":"West Turkana, Kenya","Species":"Australopithecus afarensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of KNM-WT 40000\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3"},{"Nid":"751","name":"DIK-1-1","To_Time":"-3300000","Time_Text":"About 3.3 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Dikika, Ethiopia","Species":"Australopithecus afarensis","topicColor":"7","image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/afarensis_skull_n_skeleton_ZA_sq.jpg.webp?itok=Os8dEkoC\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of DIK-1-1\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/afarensis_skull_n_skeleton_ZA_sq.jpg.webp?itok=Os8dEkoC"},{"Nid":"752","name":"AL 288-1","To_Time":"-3200000","Time_Text":"About 3.2 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Hadar, Ethiopia","Species":"Australopithecus afarensis","topicColor":"8","image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/afarensis_AL288_1_skeleton_CC_rt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=l_hhydU0\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of AL 288-1\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/afarensis_AL288_1_skeleton_CC_rt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=l_hhydU0"},{"Nid":"753","name":"AL 444-2","To_Time":"-3000000","Time_Text":"About 3 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Hadar, Ethiopia","Species":"Australopithecus afarensis","topicColor":"5","image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02767%20AL444-2%20sq.jpg.webp?itok=2IXTJGw_\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of AL 444-2\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02767%20AL444-2%20sq.jpg.webp?itok=2IXTJGw_"},{"Nid":"754","name":"Taung Child","To_Time":"-2800000","Time_Text":"About 2.8 million years old","summary":"<bold>African origins<\/bold>This is the first early human skull ever discovered in Africa. It was found in 1924, but it took about another 25 years before scientists accepted the importance of Africa as a major source of human evolution. ","site":"Taung, Republic of South Africa","Species":"Australopithecus africanus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/africanus_taung_child_skull_CC_rt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=hwGzZ6NZ\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Taung Child\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/africanus_taung_child_skull_CC_rt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=hwGzZ6NZ"},{"Nid":"755","name":"STS 71","To_Time":"-2800000","Time_Text":"Between 2.8 and 2.4 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Sterkfontein, Republic of South Africa","Species":"Australopithecus africanus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/africanus_STS71_skull_CC_rt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=PeK0o1Ub\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of STS 71\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/africanus_STS71_skull_CC_rt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=PeK0o1Ub"},{"Nid":"756","name":"STW 13","To_Time":"-2800000","Time_Text":"Between 2.8 and 2.4 million years ago","summary":null,"site":"Sterkfontein, South Africa","Species":"Australopithecus africanus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02772_STW_13_sq.jpg.webp?itok=BNJBD7fh\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of STW 13\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02772_STW_13_sq.jpg.webp?itok=BNJBD7fh"},{"Nid":"757","name":"KNM-WT 17000","To_Time":"-2500000","Time_Text":"About 2.5 million years old","summary":"The black skullThe dark color comes from minerals in the soil that were absorbed by the skull as it fossilized. The front teeth fell out and the others were broken off after the individual died. This is the only known adult skull of this species, considered a direct ancestor of <italic>Paranthropus boisei.<\/italic>","site":"West Turkana, Kenya","Species":"Paranthropus aethiopicus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/aethiopicus_WT17000_skull_CC_lt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=3-AZgJq7\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of KNM-WT 17000\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/aethiopicus_WT17000_skull_CC_lt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=3-AZgJq7"},{"Nid":"758","name":"STS 14","To_Time":"-2500000","Time_Text":"About 2.5 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Sterkfontein, Republic of South Africa","Species":"Australopithecus africanus","topicColor":"8","image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of STS 14\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3"},{"Nid":"759","name":"BOU-VP-12\/1","To_Time":"-2500000","Time_Text":"About 2.5 million years old","summary":"This is the only known skull of this species. It has a curious mixture of <italic>Homo-<\/italic> like cranial features, an <italic>Australopithecus-<\/italic> like brain size, and large <italic>Paranthropus-<\/italic> sized teeth.","site":"Bouri, Middle Awash, Ethiopia","Species":"Australopithecus garhi","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of BOU-VP-12\/1\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3"},{"Nid":"760","name":"KNM-BC 1","To_Time":"-2400000","Time_Text":"About 2.4 million years old","summary":"<bold>Earliest  <italic>Homo<\/italic>?<\/bold>This right temporal bone, or ear region, from a 2.4-million-year-old skull may represent the earliest population of the genus <italic>Homo <\/italic>- the lineage to which our species belongs. The fossil comes from the Baringo Basin, north-central Kenya.","site":"Chemeron, Kenya","Species":"Homo habilis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/habilis_knm-bc%201_3Dskull_3qtr_s.jpg.webp?itok=7J44UqZp\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of KNM-BC 1\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/habilis_knm-bc%201_3Dskull_3qtr_s.jpg.webp?itok=7J44UqZp"},{"Nid":"761","name":"STS 5","To_Time":"-2500000","Time_Text":"Between 2.5 and 2.1 million years old","summary":"<bold>Not predator but prey<\/bold>Often found alongside animal bones, <italic>Australopithecus africanus<\/italic>  was once considered a \u201ckiller ape.\u201d Now we know that members of this early human species were sometimes eaten by predators. Living together in groups helped these early humans protect themselves.","site":"Sterkfontein, Republic of South Africa","Species":"Australopithecus africanus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/africanus_STS5_JDDHJH_3qtr_r_sq.jpg.webp?itok=-YIROuVr\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of STS 5\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/africanus_STS5_JDDHJH_3qtr_r_sq.jpg.webp?itok=-YIROuVr"},{"Nid":"762","name":"DNH 7","To_Time":"-2040000","Time_Text":"Between 2.04 and 1.95 million years ago","summary":null,"site":"Drimolen Main Quarry, Republic of South Africa","Species":"Paranthropus robustus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/DNH7%20real%20sq.jpg.webp?itok=wJl7YMHk\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of DNH 7\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/DNH7%20real%20sq.jpg.webp?itok=wJl7YMHk"},{"Nid":"763","name":"KNM-ER 3228","To_Time":"-1950000","Time_Text":"About 1.95 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Koobi Fora, Kenya","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":"8","image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoComingSoon_s.jpg.webp?itok=3XjSuEi8\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of KNM-ER 3228\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoComingSoon_s.jpg.webp?itok=3XjSuEi8"},{"Nid":"764","name":"KNM-ER 1470","To_Time":"-1900000","Time_Text":"About 1.9 million years old","summary":"<bold>One of four species<\/bold>Originally thought to represent <italic>Homo habilis,<\/italic> later studies show that &#039;1470&#039; represents a distinct lineage that lived in eastern and southern Africa. <italic>H. rudolfensis, H. habilis, H. erectus,<\/italic> and <italic>Paranthropus boisei<\/italic> all lived in the Turkana Basin, northern Kenya, between 2.0 and 1.5 million years ago.","site":"Koobi Fora, Kenya","Species":"Homo rudolfensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/rudolfensis_KNMER1470_skull_CC_lt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=QktiYbFf\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of KNM-ER 1470\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/rudolfensis_KNMER1470_skull_CC_lt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=QktiYbFf"},{"Nid":"765","name":"KNM-ER 1813","To_Time":"-1900000","Time_Text":"About 1.9 million years old","summary":"<bold>Best known <italic>Homo habilis<\/italic><\/italic>This fossil is one of the most complete skulls of this species, best known from the Turkana Basin and Olduvai Gorge in East Africa.","site":"Koobi Fora, Kenya","Species":"Homo habilis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/habilis_KNMER1813_skull_CC_lt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=gfcvSy8a\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of KNM-ER 1813\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/habilis_KNMER1813_skull_CC_lt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=gfcvSy8a"},{"Nid":"766","name":"KNM-ER 3733","To_Time":"-1800000","Time_Text":"About 1.8 million years old","summary":"<bold>Longest-lived member of the human family tree<\/bold>Like others of her species, this female had a larger braincase and more prominent nose than earlier species. <italic>Homo erectus<\/italic>  depended on its large brain to make tools, adjust to new habitats, and care for the old and weak. The species survived more than nine times longer than our own species has been around.  ","site":"Koobi Fora, Kenya","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/ergaster_KNMER3733_skull__CC_lt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=Z3j_hh_i\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of KNM-ER 3733\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/ergaster_KNMER3733_skull__CC_lt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=Z3j_hh_i"},{"Nid":"767","name":"OH 24","To_Time":"-1800000","Time_Text":"About 1.8 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania","Species":"Homo habilis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/habilis_OH24_skull_CC_rt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=GfK0Otqw\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of OH 24\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/habilis_OH24_skull_CC_rt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=GfK0Otqw"},{"Nid":"768","name":"OH 5","To_Time":"-1800000","Time_Text":"About 1.8 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania","Species":"Paranthropus boisei","topicColor":"5","image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/boisei_OH5_skull_CC_rt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=-4pla-LO\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of OH 5\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/boisei_OH5_skull_CC_rt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=-4pla-LO"},{"Nid":"769","name":"OH 8","To_Time":"-1800000","Time_Text":"About 1.8 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania","Species":"Homo habilis","topicColor":"8","image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/habilis_OH8_Foot_CC_sq.jpg.webp?itok=J2QxOHqS\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of OH 8\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/habilis_OH8_Foot_CC_sq.jpg.webp?itok=J2QxOHqS"},{"Nid":"770","name":"SK 847","To_Time":"-1800000","Time_Text":"Between 1.8 and 1.5 million years old","summary":"This fossil has similarities to early African <italic>Homo erectus,<\/italic>  sometimes known as <italic>Homo ergaster.<\/italic>  Yet it shows other similarities to <italic>Homo habilis,<\/italic>  also known to occur from eastern to southern Africa.","site":"Swartkrans, Republic of South Africa","Species":"Homo habilis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02855%20SK%20847_sq.jpg.webp?itok=fltmMN3U\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of SK 847\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02855%20SK%20847_sq.jpg.webp?itok=fltmMN3U"},{"Nid":"771","name":"SK 48","To_Time":"-1800000","Time_Text":"Between 1.8 and 1.5 million years old","summary":"<bold>Family resemblance?<\/bold>This species, found in South Africa, is similar to the East African species <italic>Paranthropus boisei.<\/italic>  We can tell they are closely related because of several similar features like the large crest on top of the head, flat face with big cheek bones, and large teeth.","site":"Swartkrans, Republic of South Africa","Species":"Paranthropus robustus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/robustus_SK48_skull_CC_lt_3qtr_sq_0.jpg.webp?itok=nb3m6sBO\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of SK 48\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/robustus_SK48_skull_CC_lt_3qtr_sq_0.jpg.webp?itok=nb3m6sBO"},{"Nid":"772","name":"SK 54","To_Time":"-1800000","Time_Text":"Between 1.8 and 1.5 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Swartkrans, Republic of South Africa","Species":"Paranthropus robustus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of SK 54\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3"},{"Nid":"773","name":"SK 46","To_Time":"-1800000","Time_Text":"Between 1.8 and 1.5 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Swartkrans, Republic of South Africa","Species":"Paranthropus robustus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/robustus_SK46_skull_CC_lt_s_sq.jpg.webp?itok=zOZCeGEp\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of SK 46\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/robustus_SK46_skull_CC_lt_s_sq.jpg.webp?itok=zOZCeGEp"},{"Nid":"774","name":"Mojokerto","To_Time":"-1800000","Time_Text":"Between 1.8 and 1.6 million years old","summary":"<bold>The oldest from southeast Asia?<\/bold>This fossil braincase of a young individual was found in a layer about 20 meters above a 1.8-million-year-old volcanic layer. The genus <italic>Homo<italic> arrived in island Indonesia by at least 1.6 million years ago, when Java was connected to Asia by a land bridge.","site":"Mojokerto, Java, Indonesia","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_Mojokerto_skull_CC_lt_s_sq.jpg.webp?itok=gLt2Wdai\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Mojokerto\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_Mojokerto_skull_CC_lt_s_sq.jpg.webp?itok=gLt2Wdai"},{"Nid":"775","name":"D3444","To_Time":"-1770000","Time_Text":"About 1.77 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":"7","image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_D3444_skull_jddh_3qtr_s.jpg.webp?itok=qDcns5wI\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of D3444\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_D3444_skull_jddh_3qtr_s.jpg.webp?itok=qDcns5wI"},{"Nid":"776","name":"OH 16","To_Time":"-1700000","Time_Text":"About 1.7 million years old","summary":"This crushed skull found in 1963 at Olduvai, Tanzania, has a lightly-built braincase yet a larger brain size than <italic>Australopithecus - <\/italic> two features that led Louis Leakey and colleagues to recognize the species <italic>Homo habilis.<\/italic>","site":"Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania","Species":"Homo habilis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/habilis_OH16_skull_CC_lt_s_sq.jpg.webp?itok=f4sL6dhh\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of OH 16\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/habilis_OH16_skull_CC_lt_s_sq.jpg.webp?itok=f4sL6dhh"},{"Nid":"777","name":"KNM-ER 406","To_Time":"-1700000","Time_Text":"About 1.7 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Koobi Fora, Kenya","Species":"Paranthropus boisei","topicColor":"6","image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/boisei_%20KNMER406_skull_CC_rt_3qtr_sq_0.jpg.webp?itok=QtHS-egQ\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of KNM-ER 406\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/boisei_%20KNMER406_skull_CC_rt_3qtr_sq_0.jpg.webp?itok=QtHS-egQ"},{"Nid":"778","name":"KNM-ER 1808","To_Time":"-1700000","Time_Text":"About 1.7 million years old","summary":"<bold>Vitamin overdose<\/bold>An outer layer of abnormal bone on this female\u2019s thigh shows evidence of bleeding just before death. After consulting doctors and accounts of wilderness explorers, researchers concluded that an overdose of vitamin A\u2014perhaps from eating a carnivore\u2019s liver, which concentrates vitamin A\u2014caused the bleeding and her death.","site":"Koobi Fora, Kenya","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_ER1808_femoral_X_section_CC_sq.jpg.webp?itok=qoKZPNpQ\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of KNM-ER 1808\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_ER1808_femoral_X_section_CC_sq.jpg.webp?itok=qoKZPNpQ"},{"Nid":"779","name":"KNM-ER 1805","To_Time":"-1700000","Time_Text":"About 1.7 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Koobi Fora, Kenya","Species":"Homo habilis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-03424%20KNM-ER%201805_sq.jpg.webp?itok=4saCYr06\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of KNM-ER 1805\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-03424%20KNM-ER%201805_sq.jpg.webp?itok=4saCYr06"},{"Nid":"780","name":"KNM-ER 732 A","To_Time":"-1700000","Time_Text":"About 1.7 million years old","summary":"This female <italic>P. boisei<\/italic> has a smaller skull without a large crest on the top like males of her species, but she has the characteristic wide cheekbones and marks along her skull from strong chewing muscles.","site":"Koobi Fora, Kenya","Species":"Paranthropus boisei","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/boisei_KNMER732_CC_3qtr_r_sq.jpg.webp?itok=krCbr5uB\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of KNM-ER 732 A\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/boisei_KNMER732_CC_3qtr_r_sq.jpg.webp?itok=krCbr5uB"},{"Nid":"781","name":"KNM-ER 3883","To_Time":"-1600000","Time_Text":"About 1.6 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Koobi Fora, Kenya","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_KNMER3883_skull_CC_rt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=TZkYpO9F\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of KNM-ER 3883\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_KNMER3883_skull_CC_rt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=TZkYpO9F"},{"Nid":"782","name":"KNM-WT 15000","To_Time":"-1600000","Time_Text":"About 1.6 million years ago","summary":"<bold>The strapping youth<\/bold>This <italic>Homo erectus<\/italic>  youth lived in a hot, dry part of East Africa near an ancient marsh. His teeth indicate that he grew up quickly, at a rate similar to that of a living great ape. His is one of the most complete early human skeletons ever found.","site":"Nariokotome, West Turkana, Kenya","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_KNMERWT15000_Skeleton_front_CC_sq.jpg.webp?itok=OK4NhZlm\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of KNM-WT 15000\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_KNMERWT15000_Skeleton_front_CC_sq.jpg.webp?itok=OK4NhZlm"},{"Nid":"783","name":"KNM-ER 42700","To_Time":"-1550000","Time_Text":"About 1.55 million years old","summary":"This cranium of a young adult has one of the smallest brain sizes known in <italic>Homo erectus\u2013<\/italic> similar to brain size seen in some <italic>Homo habilis<\/italic> fossils\u2013but it has features more similar to other <italic>Homo erectus<\/italic> crania.","site":"Koobi Fora, Kenya","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_KNM-ER_42700_skull_jddh_f_s.jpg.webp?itok=tiKAaDNU\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of KNM-ER 42700\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_KNM-ER_42700_skull_jddh_f_s.jpg.webp?itok=tiKAaDNU"},{"Nid":"784","name":"Konso KGA10-525","To_Time":"-1400000","Time_Text":"About 1.4 million years ago","summary":null,"site":"Konso, Ethiopia","Species":"Paranthropus boisei","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Konso KGA10-525\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3"},{"Nid":"785","name":"Sangiran 17","To_Time":"-1300000","Time_Text":"Between 1.3 and 1.0 million years old","summary":"This is the most complete <italic>Homo erectus<\/italic>  skull found in East Asia.","site":"Sangiran, Java, Indonesia","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_%20Sangiran17_CC_3qtr_l_sq.jpg.webp?itok=q0FUTk9o\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Sangiran 17\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_%20Sangiran17_CC_3qtr_l_sq.jpg.webp?itok=q0FUTk9o"},{"Nid":"786","name":"Sangiran 2","To_Time":"-1000000","Time_Text":"More than 1 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Sangiran, Java, Indonesia","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_Sangiran2_skull_CC_%20lt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=ElOqeAFw\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Sangiran 2\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_Sangiran2_skull_CC_%20lt_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=ElOqeAFw"},{"Nid":"787","name":"Daka BOU-VP-2\/66","To_Time":"-1000000","Time_Text":"About 1 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Middle Awash, Ethiopia","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Daka BOU-VP-2\/66\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3"},{"Nid":"788","name":"Buia UA 31","To_Time":"-1000000","Time_Text":"About 1 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Buia, Eritrea","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Buia UA 31\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3"},{"Nid":"789","name":"Trinil 2","To_Time":"-1000000","Time_Text":"Between 1 million and 700,000 years old","summary":"<bold>Indonesia\u2019s \"Java Man\"<\/bold>When this skull cap was discovered in 1891, it was the first early human fossil recognized outside Europe.","site":"Trinil, Java, Indonesia","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_Trinil_2_MF_skull_3qtr_SQ.jpg.webp?itok=c6MO1PBe\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Trinil 2\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_Trinil_2_MF_skull_3qtr_SQ.jpg.webp?itok=c6MO1PBe"},{"Nid":"790","name":"Ceprano","To_Time":"-1000000","Time_Text":"Between 1 million and 700,000 years old","summary":"This skull is among the oldest known fossil human skulls from Europe.","site":"Ceprano, Italy","Species":"Homo heidelbergensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02807%20Ceprano_sq.jpg.webp?itok=BHfdoNIv\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Ceprano\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02807%20Ceprano_sq.jpg.webp?itok=BHfdoNIv"},{"Nid":"791","name":"KNM-OG 45500","To_Time":"-900000","Time_Text":"About 900,000 years old","summary":"<bold>A 62-year search<\/bold>This browridge is part of a braincase discovered by a Smithsonian team at Olorgesailie, a site known since 1942 for abundant stone tools. The discovery, 62 years after research began there, is the first early human fossil known from Olorgesailie. ","site":"Olorgesailie, Kenya","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_KMNOG-45500_browridge_JCRP_f_sq.jpg.webp?itok=nwlvDvIm\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of KNM-OG 45500\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_KMNOG-45500_browridge_JCRP_f_sq.jpg.webp?itok=nwlvDvIm"},{"Nid":"859","name":"Zhoukoudian","To_Time":"-780000","Time_Text":"Between 780,000 and 400,000 years old","summary":"This composite skull combines several skulls from the same site, first named <italic>Sinanthropus pekingensis<\/italic>  but later attributed to <italic>Homo erectus.<\/italic>  The original fossils vanished while being shipped to the United States for safety during World War II, but scientists still have high-quality casts and descriptions to work with.","site":"Zhoukoudian, China","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02850%20Zhoukoudian%20III_sq.jpg.webp?itok=RQb27t89\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Zhoukoudian\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02850%20Zhoukoudian%20III_sq.jpg.webp?itok=RQb27t89"},{"Nid":"861","name":"Bodo","To_Time":"-600000","Time_Text":"About 600,000 years old","summary":"<bold>A direct ancestor?<\/bold>The large face and braincase of this cranium connect it with <italic>Homo heidelbergensis<\/italic>, known in Europe. African populations of this species were likely the forerunners of the earliest <italic>Homo sapiens.<\/italic> ","site":"Middle Awash, Ethiopia","Species":"Homo heidelbergensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02800%20Bodo_sq.jpg.webp?itok=QYLDFVtd\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Bodo\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02800%20Bodo_sq.jpg.webp?itok=QYLDFVtd"},{"Nid":"862","name":"Saldanha","To_Time":"-500000","Time_Text":"Between 500,000 and 200,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Elandsfontein, Republic of South Africa","Species":"Homo heidelbergensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Saldanha\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3"},{"Nid":"863","name":"Arago 21","To_Time":"-450000","Time_Text":"About 450,000 years old","summary":"The features of this cranium are most similar to much larger specimens of  <italic>Homo heidelbergensis.<\/italic>  Its small size suggests that it is a female of this early human species.","site":"Tautavel, France","Species":"Homo heidelbergensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/heidelbergensis_Arago21_TE_3qtr_r_sq.jpg.webp?itok=-dKK7wSI\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Arago 21\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/heidelbergensis_Arago21_TE_3qtr_r_sq.jpg.webp?itok=-dKK7wSI"},{"Nid":"864","name":"Hexian","To_Time":"-400000","Time_Text":"Between 400,000 and 300,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Longtandau Cave, Anhui Province, China","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_hexian_3Dskull_3qtr_s.jpg.webp?itok=-CgtY1Pc\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Hexian\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_hexian_3Dskull_3qtr_s.jpg.webp?itok=-CgtY1Pc"},{"Nid":"865","name":"Steinheim","To_Time":"-350000","Time_Text":"About 350,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Steinheim, Germany","Species":"Homo heidelbergensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2010-00423%20%20Steinheim_sq.jpg.webp?itok=kQ3vNDRv\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Steinheim\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2010-00423%20%20Steinheim_sq.jpg.webp?itok=kQ3vNDRv"},{"Nid":"866","name":"Ndutu","To_Time":"-350000","Time_Text":"About 350,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Lake Ndutu, Tanzania","Species":"Homo heidelbergensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/heidelbergensis_ndutu_skull_jddh_f_s.jpg.webp?itok=2rFDWQoM\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Ndutu\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/heidelbergensis_ndutu_skull_jddh_f_s.jpg.webp?itok=2rFDWQoM"},{"Nid":"867","name":"Petralona 1","To_Time":"-350000","Time_Text":"Between 350,000 and 150,000 years old","summary":"<bold>Ancestor of modern humans<\/bold>European populations of this early human species were the ancestors of Neanderthals. African populations probably gave rise to our own species. Among the first species to inhabit Europe\u2019s cold latitudes, <italic>Homo heidelbergensis<\/italic> hunted large animals and built simple shelters from wood and rocks. Notice this older male\u2019s worn teeth and huge brow ridges. ","site":"Petralona, Greece","Species":"Homo heidelbergensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/heidelbergensis_Petralona_CC_3qtr_lt_sq.jpg.webp?itok=exsHFB7V\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Petralona 1\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/heidelbergensis_Petralona_CC_3qtr_lt_sq.jpg.webp?itok=exsHFB7V"},{"Nid":"868","name":"Narmada","To_Time":"-300000","Time_Text":"About 300,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Narmada, India","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Narmada\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3"},{"Nid":"869","name":"Zuttiyeh","To_Time":"-300000","Time_Text":"Between 300,000 and 200,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Wadi Amud, Israel","Species":"Homo neanderthalensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neanderthalensis_zuttiyeh_3Dscan_3qtr_s.jpg.webp?itok=GCwyWPGk\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Zuttiyeh\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neanderthalensis_zuttiyeh_3Dscan_3qtr_s.jpg.webp?itok=GCwyWPGk"},{"Nid":"870","name":"Eliye Springs ES11693","To_Time":"-300000","Time_Text":"Between 300,000 and 200,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"West Turkana, Kenya","Species":"Homo heidelbergensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/heidelbergensis_ES11693_JDDH_s_lt_sq.jpg.webp?itok=Fhxz6BXt\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Eliye Springs ES11693\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/heidelbergensis_ES11693_JDDH_s_lt_sq.jpg.webp?itok=Fhxz6BXt"},{"Nid":"871","name":"Kabwe 1","To_Time":"-324000","Time_Text":"Between 324,000 and 274,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Kabwe, Zambia","Species":"Homo heidelbergensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/heidelbergensis_Kabwe_jddh_3qtr_s.jpg.webp?itok=1Nkq1wja\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Kabwe 1\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/heidelbergensis_Kabwe_jddh_3qtr_s.jpg.webp?itok=1Nkq1wja"},{"Nid":"872","name":"Florisbad","To_Time":"-259000","Time_Text":"About 259,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Florisbad, Republic of South Africa","Species":"Homo heidelbergensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-03436%20Florisbad_sq.jpg.webp?itok=9Oa9MWj_\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Florisbad\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-03436%20Florisbad_sq.jpg.webp?itok=9Oa9MWj_"},{"Nid":"873","name":"Sal\u00e9","To_Time":"-250000","Time_Text":"Between 250,000 and 200,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Sal\u00e9, Morocco","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02790%20Sale_sq.jpg.webp?itok=FWCywXkS\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Sal\u00e9\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02790%20Sale_sq.jpg.webp?itok=FWCywXkS"},{"Nid":"874","name":"Ngandong 7","To_Time":"-250000","Time_Text":"Between 250,000 and 70,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Solo River, Java, Indonesia","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_ngandong_7_skull_jddh_s_s.jpg.webp?itok=QN7-xllz\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Ngandong 7\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_ngandong_7_skull_jddh_s_s.jpg.webp?itok=QN7-xllz"},{"Nid":"875","name":"Ngandong 13","To_Time":"-250000","Time_Text":"Between 250,000 and 70,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Solo River, Java, Indonesia","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02787%20Ngandong%2013_sq.jpg.webp?itok=ibudrGo2\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Ngandong 13\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02787%20Ngandong%2013_sq.jpg.webp?itok=ibudrGo2"},{"Nid":"876","name":"Ngandong 14","To_Time":"-250000","Time_Text":"Between 250,000 and 70,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Solo River, Java, Indonesia","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Ngandong 14\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3"},{"Nid":"877","name":"Omo I","To_Time":"-195000","Time_Text":"About 195,000 years old","summary":"<bold>One of the earliest modern humans<\/bold>\r\nThis skull is one of the oldest-known <italic>Homo sapiens<\/italic> braincases. It was originally thought to be about 130,000 years old, but the sediments in which it was found were re-dated in 2008 using original video footage, photographs, and hand-drawn maps from the 1967 discovery. \r\n","site":"Omo River, Ethiopia","Species":"Homo sapiens","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Omo I\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3"},{"Nid":"878","name":"Singa","To_Time":"-150000","Time_Text":"Between 150,000 and 120,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Singa, Sudan","Species":"Homo sapiens","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02825%20Singa_sq.jpg.webp?itok=EEgGuZfV\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Singa\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02825%20Singa_sq.jpg.webp?itok=EEgGuZfV"},{"Nid":"879","name":"Maba","To_Time":"-130000","Time_Text":"About 130,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Guangdong Province, China","Species":"Homo heidelbergensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02797%20Maba_sq.jpg.webp?itok=_f69wYtp\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Maba\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02797%20Maba_sq.jpg.webp?itok=_f69wYtp"},{"Nid":"880","name":"Krapina 3","To_Time":"-130000","Time_Text":"About 130,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Krapina, Croatia","Species":"Homo neanderthalensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neanderthalensis_krapina3_3Dskull_3qtr_s.jpg.webp?itok=bRURmNnQ\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Krapina 3\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neanderthalensis_krapina3_3Dskull_3qtr_s.jpg.webp?itok=bRURmNnQ"},{"Nid":"881","name":"Saccopastore 1","To_Time":"-130000","Time_Text":"Between 130,000 and 100,000 years old","summary":"<bold>A nose for the cold<\/bold>Like other Neanderthals, this male had a large nose that warmed and humidified cold, dry air and helped him survive in cold climates.","site":"Rome, Italy","Species":"Homo neanderthalensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02810%20Saccopastore%201_sq.jpg.webp?itok=ZN6BBrHm\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Saccopastore 1\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02810%20Saccopastore%201_sq.jpg.webp?itok=ZN6BBrHm"},{"Nid":"882","name":"Tabun 1","To_Time":"-122000","Time_Text":"Between 122,000 and 50,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Mount Carmel, Israel","Species":"Homo neanderthalensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neanderthalensis_tabun_1_skull_jddh_s_s.jpg.webp?itok=aLutM9Vc\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Tabun 1\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neanderthalensis_tabun_1_skull_jddh_s_s.jpg.webp?itok=aLutM9Vc"},{"Nid":"883","name":"Ngaloba LH 18","To_Time":"-120000","Time_Text":"About 120,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Laetoli, Tanzania","Species":"Homo sapiens","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/sapiens_or_hiedelbergensis_LH_18_skull_jddh_3qtr_s.jpg.webp?itok=UeQkndiM\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Ngaloba LH 18\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/sapiens_or_hiedelbergensis_LH_18_skull_jddh_3qtr_s.jpg.webp?itok=UeQkndiM"},{"Nid":"884","name":"Skh\u016bl V","To_Time":"-120000","Time_Text":"Between 120,000 and 80,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Mount Carmel, Israel","Species":"Homo sapiens","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-03453%20Skhul%20V_sq.jpg.webp?itok=-Bj3do_W\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Skh\u016bl V\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-03453%20Skhul%20V_sq.jpg.webp?itok=-Bj3do_W"},{"Nid":"885","name":"Subalyuk 2","To_Time":"-110000","Time_Text":"Between 110,000 and 80,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Subalyuk Cave, Hungary","Species":"Homo neanderthalensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02820%20Subalyuk_sq.jpg.webp?itok=pc7EQtrT\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Subalyuk 2\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02820%20Subalyuk_sq.jpg.webp?itok=pc7EQtrT"},{"Nid":"886","name":"Qafzeh 6","To_Time":"-100000","Time_Text":"About 100,000 years old","summary":"This is one of the oldest modern human specimens known from the Middle East.","site":"Jebel Qafzeh, Israel","Species":"Homo sapiens","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/sapiens_qafzeh_6_3Dscan_3qtr_s.jpg.webp?itok=Jv7bumve\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Qafzeh 6\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/sapiens_qafzeh_6_3Dscan_3qtr_s.jpg.webp?itok=Jv7bumve"},{"Nid":"887","name":"Pech de l\u2019Az\u00e9 I","To_Time":"-90000","Time_Text":"Between 90,000 and 60,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Pech de l\u2019Az\u00e9, France","Species":"Homo neanderthalensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02817%20Pech%20de%20l%20Aze_sq.jpg.webp?itok=5vEo3fqh\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Pech de l\u2019Az\u00e9 I\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02817%20Pech%20de%20l%20Aze_sq.jpg.webp?itok=5vEo3fqh"},{"Nid":"888","name":"Teshik-Tash","To_Time":"-70000","Time_Text":"About 70,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Bajsuntau, Uzbekistan","Species":"Homo neanderthalensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neanderthalensis_Teshik-Tash_Skull_3qtr_JDDH_sq.jpg.webp?itok=phA6oFlU\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Teshik-Tash\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neanderthalensis_Teshik-Tash_Skull_3qtr_JDDH_sq.jpg.webp?itok=phA6oFlU"},{"Nid":"889","name":"Neanderthal Composite Skeleton ","To_Time":"-70000","Time_Text":"Between 70,000 and 60,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"La Ferrassie Cave, France and Kebara, Israel","Species":"Homo neanderthalensis","topicColor":"9","image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neanderthalensis_skeleton_CC_f_sq.jpg.webp?itok=o-FEZ7-Q\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Neanderthal Composite Skeleton \" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neanderthalensis_skeleton_CC_f_sq.jpg.webp?itok=o-FEZ7-Q"},{"Nid":"890","name":"Dederiyeh 1","To_Time":"-70000","Time_Text":"Between 70,000 and 50,000 years old","summary":"<bold>Growing up human-style<\/bold>This skull is from the skeleton of a two-year-old Neanderthal who grew at a rate similar to that of modern humans, with a long childhood. We can tell this because the leg bones of this child are about the same length as those of a modern two-year-old, indicating that this young Neanderthal was growing at a modern human rate. As childhood lengthened, parents devoted more time and energy to caring for the young. ","site":"Dederiyeh, Syria","Species":"Homo neanderthalensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NeanderthalChild_Dederiyeh2_skull_CC_3qtr_r_sq.jpg.webp?itok=UFVG-6sp\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Dederiyeh 1\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NeanderthalChild_Dederiyeh2_skull_CC_3qtr_r_sq.jpg.webp?itok=UFVG-6sp"},{"Nid":"891","name":"La Ferrassie","To_Time":"-70000","Time_Text":"Between 70,000 and 50,000 years old","summary":"<bold>Most complete Neanderthal skull<\/bold>This is the largest and most complete Neanderthal skull ever found. It was discovered in 1909, along with several other Neanderthal fossils, in the rock shelter of La Ferrassie in southwestern France. Neanderthals used this shelter thousands of years before the arrival of <italic>Homo sapiens<\/italic>  in Europe.","site":"La Ferrassie Cave, France","Species":"Homo neanderthalensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neanderthalensis_laferrassie_skull_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=paLa323I\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of La Ferrassie\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neanderthalensis_laferrassie_skull_3qtr_sq.jpg.webp?itok=paLa323I"},{"Nid":"892","name":"Gibraltar 1","To_Time":"-70000","Time_Text":"Between 70,000 and 45,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Forbes' Quarry, Gibraltar","Species":"Homo neanderthalensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neanderthalensis_Gibralter_TE_3qtr_rt_sq.jpg.webp?itok=BO7bC-aa\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Gibraltar 1\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neanderthalensis_Gibralter_TE_3qtr_rt_sq.jpg.webp?itok=BO7bC-aa"},{"Nid":"893","name":"Engis 2","To_Time":"-100000","Time_Text":"Age uncertain","summary":"<bold>First Neanderthal ever found<\/bold>This child Neanderthal&#039;s skull was found in 1829, 30 years before Charles Darwin published \"On the Origin of Species\". However, it was not recognized as an early human fossil until decades later.","site":"Awirs Cave, Engis, Belgium","Species":"Homo neanderthalensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02865%20Engis%202_sq.jpg.webp?itok=VLp1VfWu\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Engis 2\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02865%20Engis%202_sq.jpg.webp?itok=VLp1VfWu"},{"Nid":"895","name":"La Quina 5","To_Time":"-65000","Time_Text":"About 65,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"La Quina Rock Shelter, France","Species":"Homo neanderthalensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02868%20La%20Quina_sq.jpg.webp?itok=zPQ6Q6oV\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of La Quina 5\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/NHB2014-02868%20La%20Quina_sq.jpg.webp?itok=zPQ6Q6oV"},{"Nid":"896","name":"La Quina 18","To_Time":"-65000","Time_Text":"About 65,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"La Quina Rock Shelter, France","Species":"Homo neanderthalensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neanderthalensis_la_quina_18_3Dscan_3qtr_s.jpg.webp?itok=LIU-8zT2\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of La Quina 18\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neanderthalensis_la_quina_18_3Dscan_3qtr_s.jpg.webp?itok=LIU-8zT2"},{"Nid":"897","name":"La Chapelle-aux-Saints","To_Time":"-60000","Time_Text":"About 60,000 years old","summary":"<bold>The old man of La Chapelle<\/bold>In 1908, the first nearly complete skeleton of a Neanderthal was found at La Chapelle-aux-Saints in France. Because he suffered from a degenerative joint disease, this skeleton was originally reconstructed as stooped over. This slouching posture came to exemplify our image of Neanderthals, but it was later found that this reconstruction was incorrect.","site":"La Chapelle-aux-Saints, France","Species":"Homo neanderthalensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neanderthalensis_LaChapelle_aux_Saints_TE_3qtr_rt_sq.jpg.webp?itok=rt0ccFZE\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of La Chapelle-aux-Saints\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neanderthalensis_LaChapelle_aux_Saints_TE_3qtr_rt_sq.jpg.webp?itok=rt0ccFZE"},{"Nid":"898","name":"Shanidar 1","To_Time":"-45000","Time_Text":"Between 45,000 and 35,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Shanidar, Iraq","Species":"Homo neanderthalensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neanderthalensis_Shanidar1_CC_f_sq.jpg.webp?itok=mpuzkjdP\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Shanidar 1\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neanderthalensis_Shanidar1_CC_f_sq.jpg.webp?itok=mpuzkjdP"},{"Nid":"899","name":"Niah Cave","To_Time":"-45000","Time_Text":"Between 45,000 and 39,000 years old","summary":"This is the oldest modern human skull known from Southeast Asia.","site":"Sarawak, Malaysia","Species":"Homo sapiens","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_niah_cave_skull_jddh_s_s.jpg.webp?itok=EGJehu9u\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Niah Cave\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_niah_cave_skull_jddh_s_s.jpg.webp?itok=EGJehu9u"},{"Nid":"900","name":"Amud","To_Time":"-41000","Time_Text":"About 41,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Wadi Amud, Israel","Species":"Homo neanderthalensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neanderthalensis_Amud_MC_3qtr_lt_sq.jpg.webp?itok=PO2CEnWW\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Amud\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neanderthalensis_Amud_MC_3qtr_lt_sq.jpg.webp?itok=PO2CEnWW"},{"Nid":"901","name":"Feldhofer","To_Time":"-40000","Time_Text":"About 40,000 years old","summary":"<bold>Historic Neanderthal<\/bold>Discovered in 1856, this Neanderthal from Germany was the first fossil recognized as an early human. DNA from this individual shows that Neanderthals are very closely related to us but on their own branch of the human family tree.","site":"Feldhofer Cave, Neander Valley, Germany","Species":"Homo neanderthalensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neaderthalensis_neandertal_1_skull_jddh_sq.jpg.webp?itok=8QxTtrBE\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Feldhofer\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/neaderthalensis_neandertal_1_skull_jddh_sq.jpg.webp?itok=8QxTtrBE"},{"Nid":"902","name":"Hofmeyr","To_Time":"-39000","Time_Text":"Between 39,000 and 33,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Hofmeyr, Republic of South Africa","Species":"Homo sapiens","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/sapiens_Hofmeyr_JDDH_3qtr_rt_sq.jpg.webp?itok=IwF0ddc6\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Hofmeyr\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/sapiens_Hofmeyr_JDDH_3qtr_rt_sq.jpg.webp?itok=IwF0ddc6"},{"Nid":"903","name":"Saint-C\u00e9saire","To_Time":"-36000","Time_Text":"About 36,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Saint-C\u00e9saire, France","Species":"Homo neanderthalensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/Saint-Cesaire_sq.jpg.webp?itok=0yhZzRKW\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Saint-C\u00e9saire\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/Saint-Cesaire_sq.jpg.webp?itok=0yhZzRKW"},{"Nid":"904","name":"Cro-Magnon 1","To_Time":"-30000","Time_Text":"About 30,000 years old","summary":"<bold>\"Cro-Magnon Man\"<\/bold>","site":"Cro-Magnon, France","Species":"Homo sapiens","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/sapiens_Cromagon_HOP_3qtr_rt_sq.jpg.webp?itok=dAhoItVo\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Cro-Magnon 1\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/sapiens_Cromagon_HOP_3qtr_rt_sq.jpg.webp?itok=dAhoItVo"},{"Nid":"905","name":"LB-1","To_Time":"-80000","Time_Text":"80,000 years old","summary":null,"site":"Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia","Species":"Homo floresiensis","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/floresiensis_LB1_skeleton_front_CC_s_0.jpg.webp?itok=LZyx0hg8\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of LB-1\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/floresiensis_LB1_skeleton_front_CC_s_0.jpg.webp?itok=LZyx0hg8"},{"Nid":"906","name":"Lapa Vermelha IV Hominid 1","To_Time":"-11500","Time_Text":"About 11,500 years old","summary":"<bold>Colonizing the New World<\/bold>Radiocarbon dating determined the age of this South American skull, which is older than the oldest-known North American skull. Smithsonian and other scientists continue to debate when and where the first humans entered the Americas.","site":"Minas Gerais, Brazil","Species":"Homo sapiens","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/sapiens_lapa_vermelha_IV_skull_jddh_3qtr_s.jpg.webp?itok=OANyDHiR\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Lapa Vermelha IV Hominid 1\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/sapiens_lapa_vermelha_IV_skull_jddh_3qtr_s.jpg.webp?itok=OANyDHiR"},{"Nid":"907","name":"Tepexpan 1","To_Time":"-4700","Time_Text":"About 4,700 years old","summary":null,"site":"Tepexpan, Mexico","Species":"Homo sapiens","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/sapiens_tepexpan_skull_jddh_3qtr_s.jpg.webp?itok=hIdBeAKL\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of Tepexpan 1\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/sapiens_tepexpan_skull_jddh_3qtr_s.jpg.webp?itok=hIdBeAKL"},{"Nid":"1056","name":"OH 9","To_Time":"-1400000","Time_Text":"About 1.4 million years old","summary":null,"site":"Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania","Species":"Homo erectus","topicColor":"4","image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_OH9_skull_CC_lt_s_sq.jpg.webp?itok=KjLEJKto\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of OH 9\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/erectus_OH9_skull_CC_lt_s_sq.jpg.webp?itok=KjLEJKto"},{"Nid":"5340","name":"MH1","To_Time":"-1950000","Time_Text":"Between 1.95 and 1.78 million years old","summary":"Between 1.95 and 1.78 million years old","site":"Malapa","Species":"Australopithecus sediba","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/A_sediba_MH1_s_34_LB.jpg.webp?itok=L1tmFs4e\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of MH1\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/A_sediba_MH1_s_34_LB.jpg.webp?itok=L1tmFs4e"},{"Nid":"5341","name":"MH2","To_Time":"-1950000","Time_Text":"Between 1.95 and 1.78 million years old","summary":"Between 1.95 and 1.78 million years old","site":"Malapa","Species":"Australopithecus sediba","topicColor":null,"image":"<img src=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Image of MH2\" \/>","images":"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/images\/square\/photoNotAvailable2_s.jpg.webp?itok=yPIZcdk3"}]