The Human Fossil Record:
A Digital Resource for Research and Education

Specimens in this collection are curated by The Archaeological Museum of Finale , Finale Ligure, Italy, which is the institution that curates the original fossils, by permission of Ministero della Cultura (MiC), Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per le province di Imperia e Savona. Queries about the digital representations themselves can be sent to Prof. Matthew Skinner (matthew_skinner@eva.mpg.de).

For more information on these specimens please contact Dr. Nico Radi (nico.radi@beniculturali.it).

Terms of use: the copyright for all digital representations of fossils is held by Ministero della Cultura (MiC) and they are made available here under an Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.

Credit for use of these digital representations should be as follows: Image courtesy of Ministero della Cultura (MiC), Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per le province di Imperia e Savona and human-fossil-record.org, unauthorized reproduction forbidden.


Terms of use

Step 1:

Researchers interested in accessing the CT scans should fill out a Digital Data User Agreement Form and email it to Prof. Matthew Skinner (matthew_skinner@eva.mpg.de).

Step 2:

Upon acceptance of the proposed research project, encryption passwords will be issued for the requested CT image stack. Encryption passwords are granted to specific researchers and should not be disseminated to third parties under any circumstances. If you have any questions regarding use of any digital data associated with this archive please contact Prof. Matthew Skinner.