***Homo sapiens*** 
  
Location: Cro-Magnon, Les Eyzies, Dordogne, France. 
  
Age: 27,700 years B.P. 
  
Material: plaster cast. 

Dimensions: length, 223 mm; width, 153 mm; height, 156 mm.
  
Notes: RLA catalog no. 1979rp16-1 (cast).  Male cranium.  Discovered in 1868 by Louis Lartet.  Cast made by the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.  From the teaching collection of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Model by Aidan Paul.

Homo sapiens (Cro-Magnon I) Skull (1979rp16-1)

***Paranthropus boisei***

Location: Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

Age: 1.8 million years ago.

Material: epoxy resin cast.

Dimensions: length, 215 mm; width, 157 mm; height, 117 mm.

Notes: RLA catalog no. 2501.1rp74 (cast).  Fossil discovered in 1959 by Mary Leakey and described by P. Tobias.  Represented the first reliable chronometric assessment of an early hominid.  Nearly complete cranium, called "Zinj."  Cast made by the Wenner-Gren Foundation Casting Program at the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.  From the teaching collection of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Model by Madelaine Azar.

Paranthropus boisei (2501.1rp74-1) - cranium

***Homo sapiens***

Location: Upper Cave, Zhoukoudian, China.

Age: 10,000-20,000 years B.P.

Material: plaster cast.

Dimensions: length, 218 mm; width, 145 mm; height, 150 mm.

Notes: RLA catalog no. 1979rp44 (cast).  "Old Man" skull.  Discovered in 1933-1934 during excavations in the Upper Cave (also known as Shandingdong) at Zhoujoudian by Bei Wenzhong under the direction of Franz Weidenreich.  Lost during the Japanese occupation in 1941.  Cast made by the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.  From the teaching collection of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Model by Jordyn Gray.

Homo sapiens (Upper Cave, Zhoukoudian)(1979rp44)

Human cranium from the anthropology department's collections at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, modeled with the permission of Dr. Robert Anemone.

Creator: Cory Henderson, undergraduate Anthropology and Biology student at University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Hardware: Camera (Unknown model and manufacturer)

Software: Agisoft PhotoScan Professional and Geomagic Wrap 2014

Cranium

***Australopithecus africanus*** 
  
Location: Makapansgat, South Africa. 
  
Age: about 3.0 million years ago. 
  
Material: epoxy resin cast. 

Dimensions: length, 68 mm; width, 82 mm; height, 34 mm.
  
Notes: RLA catalog no. 2501.1rp40 (cast).  Mandible.  Cast made by the Wenner-Gren Foundation Casting Program at the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.  From the teaching collection of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Model by Steve Davis.

Australopithecus africanus (2501.1rp40)

***Pan troglodytes*** 
  
Location: Africa. 
  
Age: modern. 
  
Material: epoxy resin cast. 

Dimensions: length, 195 mm; width, 130 mm; height, 105 mm.
  
Notes: RLA catalog no. 2501.1rp4-1 (cast).  Male chimpanzee cranium.  Cast manufacturer unknown.  From the teaching collection of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Model by Jordyn Gray.

Pan troglodytes (modern) (2501.1rp4-1)

***Homo erectus***

Location: Zhou Xian, China.

Age: 680,000-780,000 years B.P.

Material: plaster cast.

Dimensions: length, 214 mm; width, 149 mm; height, 130 mm.

Notes: RLA catalog no. 1979rp44 (cast).  Skull discovered between 1929 and 1936 in a cave near Zhou Xian, and lost during World War II.  Cast is based on descriptions, photographs, sketches, and reconstructions by Davidson Black and Franz Weidenreich.  Formerly classified as Sinanthropus pekinensis and Homo erectus pekinensis.  Cast made by the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.  From the teaching collection of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Model by Joy Mersmann.

Homo erectus (Peking Man) (1979rp10-1)-cranium

Human right os coxa from the anthropology department's collections at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, modeled with the permission of Dr. Robert Anemone.

Creator: Cory Henderson, undergraduate Anthropology and Biology student at University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Hardware: NextEngine Desktop 3D Scanner, Model 2020i

Software: ScanStudioHD and RapidWorks

Right Os Coxa

Human sacrum from the anthropology department's collections at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, modeled with the permission of Dr. Robert Anemone.

Creator: Cory Henderson, undergraduate Anthropology and Biology student at University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Hardware: NextEngine Desktop 3D Scanner, Model 2020i

Software: ScanStudioHD and RapidWorks

Sacrum

***Homo sapiens*** 
  
Location: Cro-Magnon, Les Eyzies, Dordogne, France. 
  
Age: 27,700 years B.P. 
  
Material: plaster cast. 

Dimensions: length, 125 mm; width, 132 mm; height, 72 mm.
  
Notes: RLA catalog no. 1979rp16 (cast).  Male mandible.  Discovered in 1868 by Louis Lartet.  Cast made by the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.  From the teaching collection of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Model by Aidan Paul.

Homo sapiens (Cro-Magnon I) Skull (1979rp16-2)

***Homo neanderthalensis***

Location: La Chapelle-aux-Saints, France.

Age: 56,000 - 47,000 years B.P.

Material: plaster cast.

Dimensions: length, 243 mm; width, 159 mm; height, 143 mm.

Notes: RLA catalog no. 1979rp15 (cast).  Cranium, from an almost complete skeleton known as La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1 or “The Old Man,” was discovered in 1908 by A. and J. Bouyssonie and L. Bardon.  The remains were first reported by Marcellin Boule in 1913.  Cast made by the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.  From the teaching collection of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Model by Madelaine Azar.

Homo neanderthalensis (1979rp15-1) - cranium

**Acheulean hand axe**

Location: Abbeville, France.

Period: Lower Paleolithic (before 300,000 years ago).

Material: flint.

Dimensions: length, 167.0 mm; width, 100.9 mm; thickness, 41.7 mm.

Notes: Catalog no. 518a2.  This specimen is part of a larger collection of artifacts that was acquired in 1929 by James Bell Bullitt during a tour of western Europe and later donated to the University of North Carolina.  Specimen resides in the North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Kathleen Brock.

Acheulean Hand Axe (518a2)

***Homo sapiens*** 
  
Location: Mugharet es-Skhul, Wadi el-Mughara, Israel. 
  
Age: 120,000 - 80,000 years B.P. 
  
Material: epoxy resin cast.

Dimensions: length, 218 mm; width, 144 mm; height, 147 mm.

Notes: RLA catalog no. 2501.1rp37-1 (cast).  Fossil called Skhul 5, discovered in 1932 by T.D. McCown and H. Movius, Jr., and restored by C.E. Snow.  Nearly complete cranium.  Cast made by the Wenner-Gren Foundation Casting Program at the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.  From the teaching collection of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Model by Greer Taylor.

Homo sapiens Skhul 5 (2501.1rp37-1)

***Homo sapiens *** 
  
Location: Broken Hill Mine, Kabwe, Zambia. 
  
Age: about 125,000 years B.P. 
  
Material: epoxy resin cast. 

Dimensions: length, 231 mm; width, 145 mm; height, 145 mm.
  
Notes: RLA catalog no. 2501.1rp35 (cast).  Cranium, known as Broken Hill 1 or Rhodesian Man, was discovered in 1921 and is the first early human fossil discovered in Africa.  Also classified as *Homo heidelbergensis*.  Cast made by the Wenner-Gren Foundation Casting Program at the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.  From the teaching collection of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Model by Jordyn Gray.

Homo sapiens (2501.1rp35) – cranium

***Homo sapiens***

Location: Mugharet es-Skhul, Wadi el-Mughara, Israel.

Age: 120,000 - 80,000 years B.P.

Material: plaster cast.

Dimensions: length, 219 mm; width, 146 mm; height, 149 mm.

Notes: RLA catalog no. 1979rp32 (cast).  Fossil called Skhul 5, discovered in 1932 by T.D. McCown and H. Movius, Jr., and restored by C.E. Snow.  Nearly complete cranium.  Cast made by the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.  From the teaching collection of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Model by Steve Davis.

Homo sapiens (Skhul 5) (1979rp32)

*** Paranthropus aethiopicus***

Location: Lomekwi, West Turkana, Kenya.

Age: 2.5 million years ago.

Material: epoxy resin cast.

Dimensions: length, 215 mm; width, 150 mm; height, 105 mm.

Notes: RLA catalog no. 2501.1rp19 (cast).  Fossil discovered in 1985 by Alan Walker.  Virtually complete cranium, known as the "black skull."  Cast made by the Wenner-Gren Foundation Casting Program at the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.  From the teaching collection of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Model by Chloe Scattergood.

Paranthropus aethiopicus (2501.1rp19)

Collection:  Lansing Community College Collection
Type: Hand Sample
Technique: Revopoint MetroX 3D Scanner
Institution: Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education, Michigan Geological Survey
Location: Bald Knob, North Carolina
Description:

Galaxite, Tephroite, Alleghanyite

Collection:  Lansing Community College Collection
Type: Hand Sample
Technique: Revopoint MetroX 3D Scanner
Institution: Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education, Michigan Geological Survey
Location: Henderson, North Carolina
Description:

Huebneite in Quartz

For full functionality, we recommend downloading the original file.The viewer version is intended for web viewing only. In the Original format, the following are fully preserved:✔ original scene hierarchy✔ unsimplified materials✔ accurate texture maps✔ original object namesIf you plan to use this model in production, choose the original version.Simple license plate for vehicles like cars and tricks. The texture is not made for close ups as it s not super high resolution.

North Carolina Licence Plate Pl

Human cervical vertebra C1, aka Atlas.  Scanned and annotated by students in Dr Eric Bauer's human anatomy lab at Elon University, North Carolina, USA.  This scan was of a plastic model, not a real bone and should be paired with the Axis bone in this collection.  The skull sits atop this bone.

Human Atlas C1 vertebra

This marble grave marker for William Avery is located in the South Asheville Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina. 
The Headstone was scanned using an Artec Leo scanner and processed using the Artec Studio 18 program.

William Avery

Real human cervical vertebra, likely either C3 or C4.  Scanned and annotated by students in Dr Eric Bauer's human anatomy lab at Elon University, North Carolina, USA.  One of the neck vertebra.

Human Cervical Vertebra (C3 or C4)

For production-ready use, we recommend downloading the source format.The Converted version is intended for web viewing only. In the Original format, the following are fully preserved:✔ full scene structure✔ complete materials without reduction✔ accurate texture maps✔ proper object namingIf you intend to use the asset in a production environment, choose the Original format.Set of 5 Framed Diagrams of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in North Carolina. Images are from the Library of Congress website here

Framed Lighthouse Prints

Human cervical vertebra C2, aka Axis.  Scanned and annotated by students in Dr Eric Bauer's anatomy lab at Elon University, North Carolina, USA.  This was a model bone, not a real bone, and should be paired with the Atlas bone in this collection.

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