Images Dated 18th November 2005

Homo erectus skull

Homo erectus skull. Artwork, from 1931, showing a reconstruction of the skull of Java Man, based on the fossil skull fragments (dark grey) discovered by Dubois in Java in 1891. At the time of this reconstruction, the specimen was classified as Pithecanthropus erectus. It is now known as Homo erectus, and is considered a direct ancestor of modern humans, dating to 1-2 million years ago. The scale bars compare the cranium (brain-case) to a modern human's cranium, showing it to be almost as long, but smaller top-bottom. Reconstruction published in 1928 by Weinart. Artwork from New Discoveries relating to The Antiquity of Man (Sir Arthur Keith, 1931). For this image without the scale bars, see E438/134

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Monaco-Royal-Albert-Casino

View of Monaco's casino taken on the eve of the ceremonies marking Prince Albert II of Monaco enthronement.Prince Albert II is to be formally invested as ruler of Monaco in a series of ceremonies that started yesterday in the Mediterranean microstate synonymous with high living, gambling and jet-set glamour. / AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGET

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Nicholas Congratulates Arthur Gride On His Wedding Morning. Illustration From The Charles Dickens Novel Nicholas Nickleby By H.K. Browne Known As Phiz

© Ken Welsh / Design Pics

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