Mesolithic human tibia, plaster cast
Maker
R. F. Damon and Co (estab. 1850)
Date
Circa 1900
Description
Plaster cast of a partial human tibia from an incomplete skeleton of an adult male found in 1883 during the construction of new docks at Tilbury, Essex, on the north shore of the Thames. At the time the find stirred considerable interest due to its depth of nearly 10m, and anatomist Richard Owen thought it was likely to be paleolithic in age. However, radiocarbon dating has shown the skeleton dates from the late mesolithic, around 6,000 years BC. These casts were bought by the Anatomy Department in c.1909 to use as teaching specimens in classes on human anatomy and evolution.
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