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Evolutionary Anthropology: Datasets & Sites

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Smithsonian 3D Collection: Primates
Please note that the 3D models of Fossil Hominins and Artifacts are not available for download. These are copies of specimens and objects that are owned and curated by other museums/institutions; thus, the Smithsonian does not distribute that data.
tDAR - the Digital Archaeological Record
The Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR) is an international digital repository for the digital records of archaeological investigations.
Archaeology Data Service (UK)
Goldman Osteometric Data Set
The Goldman Data Set consists of osteometric measurements taken from 1538 human skeletons dating from throughout the Holocene.
GenBank
GenBank is the NIH genetic sequence database, an annotated collection of all publicly available DNA sequences.
Paleoclimatology Datasets
PRIMO (PRImate Morphometrics Online)
a resource for researchers who use metrical (including 3D) data to study aspects of primate morphology and evolution

Important Archaeological Sites

Lake Turkana, Kenya

West Turkana Archaeological Project
The official website of the West Turkana Archaeological Project.
Turkana Basin Institute

Olorgesailie, Kenya

Olorgesailie: Life and Times of the Handaxe Makers

Koobi Fora

Koobi Fora Research Project
Case Study: Koobi Fora Research Project
A National Geographic resource library article

Dmanisi, Georgia

Dmanisi.ge

Çatalhöyük, Turkey

Çatalhöyük Research Project

Laetoli, Tanzania

Laetoli Anthropological and Archaeological Site

Hadar, Ethiopia

The paleoanthropology of Hadar, Ethiopia

Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Olduvai Geoarchaeology Archaeology Project

Lower Valley of the Omo, Ethiopia

Omo Anthropological and Archaeological Site