Lyman M. Jellema

Physical Anthropology Collections Manager
e-mail: ljellema@cmnh.org
phone: (216) 231-4600, ext. 3276
B.A., sociology, The State University College at Fredonia, New York
M.A., anthropology, Case Western Reserve University
A.A.B., computer studies, Cuyahoga Community College

Responsible for the storage and retrieval of information and specimens from the collections housed in the Laboratory of Physical Anthropology; assists visiting scientists and Museum staff with research utilizing the collections in the Physical Anthropology Department

The Physical Anthropology Laboratory contains more than 4,000 primate skeletons and a large number of casts of fossil primates, including the world’s only collection of record casts of the early human ancestors from Hadar, Ethiopia.

The Hamann-Todd Osteological Collection comprises 3,100 modern human and more than 900 non-human primate skulls and skeletons. Each human skeleton is accompanied by detailed documentation, providing an invaluable resource for evolutionary and medical researchers. The non-human primate collection includes such rare and endangered specimens as aye-ayes and tarsiers. The great ape section includes the world’s largest collection of skeletons of the African apes, the gorilla and the common chimpanzee.

Lyman M. Jellema Curricula Vitae