Anthropology and Geography

Professor holding a skull in the bone lab with students

The Bone Lab

Course taught within the lab include: Human Origins and Variation Lab (ANTH 121), Human Evolution (ANTH 373), and Bipedal Apes (ANTH 378).

The Bone Lab provides students with hands-on experience with subjects & topics related to biological anthropology focusing on the evolutionary biology of humans, primate skeletal biology, primate adaptation and evolution, human paleontology, and modern human adaptive variation.

Instructor standing in front of table with skeleton casts with high school students seated.

Equipment & Software

Standard osteometric and anthropometric devices (calipers, osteometric boards, etc.)

High school students and archaeology professor look at bison bones

Collections

The Bone Lab houses a large collection of human, non-human primate, and non-primate skeletal remains. Our primate skeletal collection includes over 100 specimens from over 30 different species including: lemurs, old world monkeys, new world monkeys, and apes. The lab is also home to the fossil primate and hominin cast collections. We have over 240 specimens representing the past 6 million years of human evolution. This includes specimens of Sahelanthropus, Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, Paranthropus, and Homo.

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