This feels like something that is really in line with early ideas of what the internet/www should be.<p>When reading about some piece of science I often wish I could gauge how certain science is about something and why. Human evolution is always going to be a fascinating topic. It's got a lot of uncertainties, contradictory theories and less-than-certain facts that make it into pop science.<p>Do we have hundreds of high quality fossils for some homo species or is it just a few skull fragments? It's great to be able to interact with evidence/finds like this directly.
The skull labeled as Homo Sapiens is actually a Homo Erectus, which precedes us by 1.5 million years. Amazing athletic performance, crude tools and possible domestication of fire.
Great stuff! Would also be great to have your own x-ray results in a embeddable 3D some day...Imagine going to the dentist and say:"want to have a 3D view of my mouth ? Go on www..."
Or share on Facebook a 3D version of the leg you broke after a skiing session...etc
An intriguing experiment! But the taxonomic filters could use a little refinement. The application allows me to select incompatible filters, such as "Genus: gorilla" and "Species: sapiens".
I'd love to see something like this expanded to all fossils and artifacts. I can only imagine how free and easy access to this kind of information would help aid in archaeological research.