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Female hominin looking backwards
Image adapted from:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/vsmithuk/3145557065
Attribution: Vince Smith on Flickr
Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Woolly Mammoth
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AWoolly_mammoth.jpg
Attribution/Licence: By Flying Puffin (Mammut Uploaded by FunkMonk) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Giant Irish deer braying
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https://www.deviantart.com/renum63/art/Megaloceros-2-677592067
Attribution/Copyright: Renum63 on DeviantArt
Meganeura
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meganeura_monyi_-_MUSE.jpg
Attribution/Licence: MUSE [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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Giant Irish deer braying
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Attribution/Copyright: Renum63 on DeviantArt
Sahelanthropus skull
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sahelanthropus_tchadensis_-_TM_266-01-060-1.jpg
Attribution/Licence: By Didier Descouens [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
Lava erupting (Geology)
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fissure_eruption_in_Holurhraun_(Iceland),_13._September_2014.JPG
Attribution/Licence: Joschenbacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Eastern Passage, Knowth, Co. Meath (Archaeology)
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knowth.jpg
Attribution/Licence: Przemysław Sakrajda / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
Ireland map
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/irisheyes/6899940
Attribution: Underway In Ireland on Flickr (Ireland as seen by NASA Earth Observatory/Ireland as shot by NASA via Jim Corbett.)
Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
Giant’s Causeway
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/giuseppemilo/15578739333
Attribution: Giuseppe Milo on flickr
Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Woman with red hair & freckles
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/ar93photos/28965010235
Attribution: Jose Angel Sanchez Reyes
Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
Geometric spiral near Kells, Co. Meath
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/youngshanahan/10644977574
Attribution: young shanahan on Flickr.
Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Geographical distribution map of Indo-European languages
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indo-European_branches_map.png
Attribution/Licence: Hayden120 [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]
Stegotetrabelodon
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https://www.shutterstock.com/image-illustration/herd-stegotetrabelodons-foraging-on-stegotetrabelodon-extinct-1866232606
Attribution/Copyright: Daniel Eskridge/Shutterstock.
Jamaican man
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/camshafter/5463297602
Attribution: Trevor Cameron on Flickr
Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Brazilian indigenous woman
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indians_of_northeastern_of_Brazil_(2).jpg
Attribution/Licence: Uploaded by User:Tetraktys [CC BY 3.0 br (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/br/deed.en)]
Maasai woman
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/wwarby/2405397376
Attribution: William Warby on Flickr
Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Polar bear walking across parched landscape
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Attribution/Copyright: Thongden Studio/Shutterstock.
The Story So Far: Land
Colliding neutron stars
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Attribution: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Archaean Earth landscape
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Archean.png
Attribution/Licence: Tim Bertelink, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Snowball Earth
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Attribution/Licence: Oleg Kuznetsov - 3depix - http://3depix.com/, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
The Burren landscape
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Attribution/Copyright: gabriel12/Shutterstock.
Pangaea map with Ireland location
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pangaea_continents.png
Attribution: en:User: Kieff
Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
Giant’s Causeway
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/giuseppemilo/15578739333
Attribution: Giuseppe Milo on flickr
Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Last Glacial Maximum globe
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AIceAgeEarth.jpg
Attribution/Licence: By Ittiz (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Pangaea Proxima
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Attribution/Copyright: Dr Christopher Scotese/PALEOMAP Project. Used with permission.
The Story So Far: Life
Deer in meadow
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Attribution/Copyright: rudall30/Adobe Stock.
Anomalocaris & other Cambrian life
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Attribution/Copyright: Dotted Yeti/Shutterstock.
Diplocaulus
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Attribution/Copyright: Dotted Yeti/Shutterstock.
Pliosaur Liopleurodon
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Attribution/Licence: Daniel Eskridge/Shutterstock.
Archaeopteryx
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Attribution/Copyright: Dotted Yeti/Shutterstock.
Entelodon
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Attribution/Copyright: Daniel/Adobe Stock.
Woolly mammoth
Image adapted from:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mammoth_4.jpg
Attribution/Licence: By Tiia Monto [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
The Story So Far: People
Plesiadapis
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/132574141@N04/31270984020
Attribution/Copyright: Elena Regina on Flickr. Used with permission.
Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
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F. Racimo & al. 2016: AAI in present-day human populations.
S. H.-Houzel & al. 2014: Brain scaling in mammalian evolution.
X. Ni & al. 2013: †Archicebus and Haplorhini evolution.
J.F. Hughes 2012: †Plesiadapis tricuspidens (original image).
J.S. Friedlænder & al. 2008: Genetics of Pacific islanders.
S.G. Lucas & Z. Luo 1993: †Adelobasileus cromptoni.
T. Rowe 1988: Mammalia definition, diagnosis and origin.
Lion-headed tamarin
Image adapted from:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pokerbrit/10181054304
Attribution: Steve Wilson on Flickr
Proconsul africanus
Image adapted from:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Proconsul_africanus.jpg
Attribution/Licence: Mauricio Antón, published with Alan Turner, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Sahelanthropus tchadensis skull
Image adapted from:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sahelenthropus_tchadensis-MGL_95214-P4150638-black.jpg
Attribution/Licence: Rama [CC BY-SA 3.0 fr (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/fr/deed.en)]
Ardipithecus ramidus skull
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ardipithecus_Ramidus-MGL_96730-P5030040-black.jpg
Attribution/Licence: Rama [CC BY-SA 3.0 fr (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/fr/deed.en)]
Homo erectus skull
Image adapted from:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broken_Hill_Skull_(Replica01).jpg
Attribution/Licence: Gerbil [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)]
Paranthropus boisei
Image adapted from:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paranthropus_boisei_-_forensic_facial_reconstruction.png
Attribution/Licence: Drawing made by Cicero Moraes and 3D scanning of the skull by Dr. Moacir Elias Santos. / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
Ancient human leaving cave
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Attribution/Copyright: Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock.
Kilclooney More portal tomb, Co. Donegal
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https://stock.adobe.com/uk/images/sunset-flare-passing-through-kilclooney-more-dolmen/306188528?prev_url=detail
Attribution/Copyright: Yggdrasill/Adobe Stock.
Medieval monk
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Attribution/Copyright: Thomas Mucha/Shutterstock.
Viking warrior
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Attribution/Copyright: Fotokvadrat/Shutterstock.
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An Grianán of Aileach sunny
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grainan_of_Aileach_Ring_Fort_-_Donegal_-_Ireland.jpg
Attribution/Licence: By Gareth Wray [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
Giant’s Causeway
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/giuseppemilo/15578739333
Attribution: Giuseppe Milo on flickr
Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Polar bear swimming underwater
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Attribution/Licence: By John [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Neanderthal
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis-Mr._N.jpg
Attribution/Licence: Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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Neanderthal with fur close-up
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https://stock.adobe.com/uk/images/expression/50553807?prev_url=detail
Attribution/Licence: procy_ab/Adobe Stock
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Ben Bulben, Co. Sligo
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewparnell/532965492
Attribution: Andrew Parnell on Flickr
Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
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Poulnabrone dolmen sunset
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunset_@_The_Poulnabrone_Dolmen.2,_By_Frank_Chandler_(16)wob.jpg
Attribution/Licence: By Frank Chandler [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
Eastern Passage, Knowth, Co. Meath
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knowth.jpg
Attribution/Licence: Przemysław Sakrajda / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
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Pliosaur Liopleurodon
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https://www.shutterstock.com/image-illustration/liopleurodon-pliosaur-apex-predator-jurassic-seas-1371105950
Attribution/Licence: Daniel Eskridge/Shutterstock.