BIOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY
NATURALIS

 

BIODIVERSITY CENTER

 

Naturalis Biodiversity Centre LEIDENcity.EU
 
 
 

 

LIFE AND BIOLOGY

 

 

 
Naturalis Biodiversity Centre LEIDENcity.EU
Naturalis Biodiversity Centre LEIDENcity.EU
The familiar Dutch landscape has been rendered unrecognizable and replaced by wild nature  

 

ICE AGES

   
The familiar Dutch landscape has been rendered unrecognizable and replaced by wild
prehistoric nature. Here you find a scale model that fills almost the entire gallery. It is surrounded by hundreds of Ice Age fossils. These inspired the recreation of the barren cold plain from 30,000 years ago. Pieces from the Naturalis collection invite you to explore early life, either on your own or during a guided visit. Binoculars make it possible to stalk the prehistoric animals that populate the scale model as if you're on a safari.  
 
 

 

DARWIN

 
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CHARLES DARWIN
 

 

ORIGIN OF MEN

 
Naturalis Biodiversity Centre LEIDENcity.EU
 
Naturalis Biodiversity Centre LEIDENcity.EU
   
How did man come to be? Naturalis attempts to answer this question in an original way. It does so through a set of unique fossils belonging to Homo erectus. It is one of our earliest ancestors.
 
Homo Erectus Naturalis Biodiversity Centre LEIDENcity.EU
 
 
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DINOSAURS

 
 
 

AGE OF REPTILES
MESOZOiCUM

   
A few years ago
Naturalis uncovered one of the most complete and best-preserved skeletons of T-rex. This famous carnivorous dinosaur was excavated on the prairie of Montana USA. Now standing ready to pounce, Trix takes you back in time to an age when prehistoric reptiles ruled the planet for 160 million years.A nother highlight is Triceratops, a dinosaur species of which Naturalis has uncovered multiple specimens.
 
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