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This archive contains tomographic scans (as well as various types of associated digital data) of fossils from the site of Swartkrans, South Africa that are curated at the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History. These scans were produced through a collaborative research and education initiative between the Department of Human Evolution at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig, Germany) and the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (Pretoria, South Africa). They were published in Skinner MM, de Ruiter, DJ, Imbrasas, M, Martin, R, Davies, T, Pickering TR, Hublin J-J, Tawane, M (2023) Microtomographic archive of fossil hominin specimens from Swartkrans (1948-1967), South Africa, 202x:x: xxx−xxx and we encourage users to refer to this article for more information about the fossils and scans.The copyright holder for all digital data (and derivates, such as surface models) associated with this archive is the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (DNMNH).
Terms of use
Researchers interested in accessing the CT scans should fill out a Digital Data Agreement Form (see below) and email it to curator of the DNMNH (Lazarus Kgasi, lkgasi@Ditsong.org.za; please also copy (cc) origins_datarequest@eva.mpg.de) with a description of their project proposal and specific specimens and CT data that they wish to use for their project. Upon acceptance of the proposed research project the CT scan(s) will be transferred to you electronically.
Inclusion of data in a scientific publication based on the CT scans (and derivative objects such as surface models, images, etc.,) requires citation of the following article:

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SK 859 P. robustus basicranium
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SK 859 P. robustus cranial fragment 1
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SK 859 P. robustus cranial fragment 2
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SK 859 P. robustus cranial fragment 3
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SK 859 P. robustus vertebral fragment
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SK 860 P. robustus right humerus
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SK 867 P. robustus ULP3
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SK 868 P. robustus URM
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SK 869 P. robustus partial mandible
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SK 870 P. robustus ULM3
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SK 870 P. robustus ULM3 root fragment 1
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SK 870 P. robustus ULM3 root fragment 2
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SK 871 P. robustus LLM3
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SK 872 P. robustus ULM1
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SK 873 P. robustus incisor
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SK 876 P. robustus mandible
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SK 879 P. robustus left temporal
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SK 879 P. robustus right temporal
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SK 880 P. robustus LLM3
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SK 881 P. robustus left maxilla
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SK 882 P. robustus ULM
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SK 885 P. robustus LLM3
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SK 1512 + SK 1592 P. robustus maxilla
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SK 1585 P. robustus endocast
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SK 1586 P. robustus mandible
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SK 1587a P. robustus partial mandible
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SK 1587b P. robustus LRM2
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SK 1588 P. robustus partial mandible
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SK 1589 P. robustus URP4
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SK 1590c P. robustus partial mandible
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SK 1590d P. robustus femoral head
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SK 1590e P. robustus bone fragment 1
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SK 1590e P. robustus bone fragment 2
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SK 1590e P. robustus bone fragment 3
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SK 1590e P. robustus bone fragment 4
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SK 1590e P. robustus bone fragment 5
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SK 1590e P. robustus bone fragment 6
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SK 1590e P. robustus bone fragment 7
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SK 1590e P. robustus bone fragment 8
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SK 1590e P. robustus bone fragment 9
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SK 1590e P. robustus os coxae fragment
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SK 1590f P. robustus os coxae fragment
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SK 1593 P. robustus LRP3
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SK 1594 P. robustus URM1
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SK 1596 P. robustus UC
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SK 1896 P. robustus right femur
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SK 3121 P. robustus right femur
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SK 3155b Homo erectus right os coxae
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SK 3974 P. robustus LRM1
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SK 3975 P. robustus ULM3
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SK 3976 P. robustus LLM2
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SK 3977 P. robustus URM3
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SK 3978 P. robustus mandible
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SK 3981a P. robustus T12 vertebra
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SK 3981b P. robustus L5 vertebra
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SK 14001 P. robustus ULP3
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SK 14024 P. robustus femoral head
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SK 14133 P. robustus left maxilla
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SK 24600 P. robustus left humerus
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SK 24601 P. robustus left radius
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SK 24629 P. robustus ULM1
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SK 24630 P. robustus ULP4
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SK 24631 P. robustus ULP3
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SK 24633 P. robustus URM2
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SKW 18 P. robustus partial cranium
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SKW 18 P. robustus right incus
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SKW 18 P. robustus right malleus
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SKW 18 P. robustus right petrous
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SKW 18 P. robustus right stapes
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SKW 18 P. robustus right temporal
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