Safari Ltd. Evolution of Man - 5 Mini Human Evolution Figurines Toy Set

Awesome figurines! My son enjoys playing with them. They are good for little hands but have spears so I would only consider for ages 5 and up.

I love these as a decoration in my office! The information on the back about the different species is surprisingly accurate, too. One of the figures has a bit of a struggle standing on its own, but easily rectified with a little ticky tack. It would be cool if the came with little stands to put them on with their identifications.

My daughter was doing a project on evolution and needed props to show the Theory of Evolution. This showed exactly that

This is a super cool kit for anthropologists young or old. For kids, these are a great way to start the discussion about the evolution of hominids. each figure is unique and has distinguishing details. They aren't just the same figure painted different ways or anything like that. My only complaint is that Homo Sapien is clearly a Proto-European. An African might have been more accurate. If you are getting them for little kids, they do have some pieces that a little one might want to chew on. So far, mine have held up fine.

Bought these little guys for my grandson who is really into dinosaurs ... has too many to count. Now he's into creating scenes so he needed some people. What better than cavemen ? These actually look better than the picture online and are nicely painted. Come on a single sealed card. Came on time with part of another order. Would buy from this vendor again.

Not worth the money. They should be $5

I love 'em. smaller than papo prehistorical man. a little bigger than half the size of gi joe. the hands are separate and glued around the walking sticks. Hands may come off as mine did. have to re-glue. they should add a monkey. I bought for the Australopithecus. very detailed early men and fun to have in my dinosaur collection.

Very detailed and realistic looking

Obwohl man mit diesem Set auch spielen könnte, ist es doch primär für pädagogische Zwecke entwickelt und hergestellt worden. Und dafür ist es in der Tat sehr gut geeignet. Die Figuren sind anschaulich, auch wenn nicht unbedingt in jeder Hinsicht filigran gearbeitet. Trotzdem erhalten Kinder eine gute Anschauung von den Entwicklungsformen des frühen Menschen vom Australopithecus Lucy bis zum heutigen Menschentypus. Außer vermutlich in konservativen US-Bundesstatten, in denen man statt Evolutionstheorie auf intelligent design setzt oder in völkisch orientierten Gemeinschaften, wo der Arier direkt aus Atlantis herbeigeschwommen kam, sind diese Figuren ideal für eine spielerische Entdeckung der menschlichen Evolutionsgeschichte geeignet. Kinder können diese Figuren z.B. in die zutreffende chronologische Reihenfolge bringen, die augenfälligen Unterschiede zwischen ihnen benennen, sie passend vorbereiteten Modellhabilitaten zuordnen usw. Didaktisch eröffnen sich hier auf jeden Fall viele Optionen. Und wer das alles einfach zu überfrachtet findet, kann sie sich auch ins Regal, auf den Monitor oder das Kaminsims stellen - oder wo sonst auch immer die kleinen Vor-, Früh- und Jetztmenschen einen netten Platz erhalten sollen.

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Para el trabajo del cole de mi nieto llevaba lo que necesitaba!!

Fairy detailed and there's a bit of information about each on the back.

I really like the figures .. should have not waited or hesitated to buy them before. They have very detailed faces and bodies, and they all stand on their own except for my Homo Erectus whose feet are not flat enough, however will squash a little plasticene under his feet to look like ground, and problem solved! Wish there were other figures ... maybe Denisovan Man or Homo floresienis or Homo luzonensis ...