eSkeletons: "The Hip Bone's Connected to the …" Web Bone
Cyberskeletons are now a click away at an interactive and
expanding digital library of human and primate anatomy. July 6,
2004 Paleontologists are always going to get down and dirty
digging for bones. But now, students, researchers, and the
general public have a handy and virtual alternative: They can
examine and manipulate the digital skeletons of humans,
orangutans, chimps, lemurs, and other primates at
www.eskeletons.org. "Not long ago, it was necessary to have
hands-on access to an actual human skeleton if one wanted to
learn the basics of human anatomy," says John Kappelman, leader
of The eSkeletons Project and an anthropology professor at the
University of Texas-Austin. "Today, anyone who can log on to the
Web can gain instant access to eSkeletons' images and animation
of the complete human skeleton." And much more. While at first
glance, the eSkeletons web site may appear to be "bare bones,"
its high-resolution, three-dimensional images and inter