A note about this project

Purpose · disclaimer · sources · acknowledgments

hominid.gallery is an educational visual atlas of every known hominin species — from Sahelanthropus tchadensis (seven million years ago) to ourselves. Built for anyone who finds paleoanthropology hard to access, especially younger generations. The story of our deep ancestry deserves to be told beautifully and clearly.

Important · please read

This is a personal, non-commercial educational project. The science of human evolution moves fast — taxonomic classifications, dating, and interpretations are subject to ongoing debate among researchers. Content has been compiled and synthesized with the help of AI (Anthropic's Claude) and should not be treated as peer-reviewed primary material. For academic work, please consult the original publications listed below.

Made with AI · full disclosure

Content written and translated with the help of Claude (Anthropic). The site was built using Claude Code, the AI command-line agent. All visualizations are custom SVG and HTML — no copyrighted third-party images are used in this version. The author and Claude have made every effort toward factual accuracy, but errors are possible. Please report them so they can be corrected.

Built with

Frontend

HTML / CSS / JS

Single-file vanilla MVP

Framework (planned)

Astro + MDX

Routing and per-species pages

Maps (planned)

Mapbox GL JS

Real geographic coordinates

Hosting

Netlify

Continuous deployment

Backend

Supabase

Contributions and CMS (when needed)

3D models (planned)

Sketchfab embeds

CC-licensed skull models

Development

Claude Code CLI

AI-assisted coding

Typography

Fraunces · JetBrains Mono

Open-source fonts

Sources consulted

Nature, Science, PNAS, Journal of Human Evolution
Smithsonian Human Origins Program
The Leakey Foundation publications
CENIEH — Centro Nacional sobre la Evolución Humana, Spain
Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site
Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Hublin et al. (2017) — Jebel Irhoud redating, Nature
Berger et al. — A. sediba and H. naledi research
Brunet et al. — Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Nature
White et al. — Ardipithecus ramidus, Science
Haile-Selassie et al. (2019) — MRD-VP-1/1 anamensis, Nature
Bermúdez de Castro & Carbonell — Atapuerca series
Huerta-Sánchez et al. — Denisovan EPAS1 gene
2024–25 finds: H. juluensis (Nature Comm), "Pink" / H. aff. erectus (Nature), A. deyiremeda + Burtele foot

Acknowledgments

To the field teams, researchers, and curators across continents who made these discoveries possible. To the local communities and nations that protect and preserve these sites. To every kid who asked "where did we come from?" and never got a real answer.

Found an error? Want to suggest a species, specimen, or correction?

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