M0001113: Illustration of Peking Man (Sinanthropus pekinensis)

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Illustration of Peking Man (Sinanthropus Pekinen Sis)

Drawing of the profile of Peking Man (Homo erectus pekinensis) with the caption "The lately discovered Pekin Man (Sinathropus pekinensis): a Pleistocene contemporary of Pithecanthropus and Piltdown Man, more like the latter in the lower jaw." The caption of the unseen image above is also visible. The illustration comes from an unknown publication and was used in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum's "Pre-history Gallery" in the 1930s.

14 August 1930

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.