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In honor of Darwin's birthday, we take a look back at diverse species being readied for display at the American Museum of Natural History
February 12, 2012 | 2
Museum staff mounting Trachodon duck-billed dinosaurs, 1916.
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Dr. James L. Clark and an unknown fitting animal skin on clay model of Indian lion, 1930.
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Raymond B. Potter mounting bird of paradise, February 1945.
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Roughed-out skeleton of timber wolf is arranged in desired position on support, October 1947.
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Mounted timber wolf completed and ready for installation in North American Mammal Hall, December 1947.
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Museum staff making plaster cast of basking shark, June 1930.
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Armature for young male greater kudu, mounted for kudu group, February 1931.
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Museum staff hanging sperm whale skeleton, Hall of Ocean Life, March 1933.
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A museum staff member sits inside the jaws of a restored Carcharodon megalodon, January 1927.
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Taxidermist mounting eagle for bird group display, North American Bird Hall, November 1961.
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Setting up leg bones of Haplocanthosaurus, date unknown.
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Armature for elephant, date unknown.
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2 Comments
Add CommentEvolution - has anyone studied the development of the Mentum Osseum?
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisIf a line is drawn to from the center of the Mentum Osseum to the angle of the Occiput, and another line vertically in the centre of the skull, it, [the angle] seems to vary in different individuals.
Also, can Language somehow modify skull development i.e.,as different languages use different areas of the throat/mouth to produce their sounds?
The head is quite heavy. Watch how ballet dancers 'whip'their heads round as they pirouette.
Is it possible the 'chin'developed because the cranial vault or, forehead altered so that even an extra small forward lower weight counteracted the development of the skull bons, and the occipital region?
These being due to an evolving brain.
Evolution - has anyone studied the development of the Mentum Osseum?
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisI DON'T KNOW.