The Osteological Study Collection contains replicas of selected primate species, including anatomically modern humans. A total of around 40 species of primates and closely related groups are included, with a focus on cranial replicas. Several complete skeleton replicas belong to the Osteological Study Collection too.

The objects represent the higher-ranking primate groups, covering approximately 74 million years of evolution. Extinct forms with closer relationship to anatomically modern humans than to other extant primates are another focus of the collection. Thus, the Osteological Study Collection gives an overview of the diversity within primates and the evolutionary trends in human evolution (hominization).

This website includes pages reporting the basics of the Herlyn part of the Anthropology lecture in the master program (M.Sc. Evolutionary Biology) at the Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU) Mainz. Students in the bachelor programs B.Sc. Biologie and B.Ed. Biologie can benefit from this website also. Part of the pages are open to the public while access to others requires a password. This will be provided upon request (see Contact page) to members of the JGU Mainz.

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• Taxa Survey
• Photos
• 3D Models
• Phylogenetic Trees
• Evolutionary Novelties
• Evolutionary Trends in Hominization
• Terms in Phylogenetics
• Selected Traits
• Working Group Herlyn