Homo erectus male

Sculpture by John Gurche, paleontologist, anthropologist, paleo-artist. Gurche studies the position of muscle, fat, and bone on modern ape and human cadavers and uses this information to create extremely realistic sculptures of extinct apes and hominids. He begins with a skull replica, builds up muscle and fat out of clay, then creates the outer skin and hair.  All of his work is based on scientific research.

Gurche’s site:
http://www.gurche.com/main_frameset.htm

Other info:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/A-Closer-Look-at-Evolutionary-Faces.html
http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/homo-erectus
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug07/gurche.spr.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_erectus

Homo erectus female

Sculpture by John Gurche, paleontologist, anthropologist, paleo-artist. Gurche studies the position of muscle, fat, and bone on modern ape and human cadavers and uses this information to create extremely realistic sculptures of extinct apes and hominids. He begins with a skull replica, builds up muscle and fat out of clay, then creates the outer skin and hair.  All of his work is based on scientific research.

Gurche’s site:
http://www.gurche.com/main_frameset.htm

Other info:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/A-Closer-Look-at-Evolutionary-Faces.html
http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/homo-erectus
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug07/gurche.spr.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_erectus

We’re going to need more pictures of this, hexodus

hexodus:

Noösphere II:

This is a closer view of the Noösphere, showing the reflections within the sculpture.