Expansion of the Scientific Value of the Mold and Pattern Collection at the University Museum

记录过去一段时间人类变化过程的证据主要是一组独特的原始人化石。它们的独特性排除了在损坏或丢失的情况下进行更换的可能性。化石也应该提供给合格的调查人员研究，但大多数博物馆理所当然地不允许独一无二的原始标本离开博物馆。这个问题的解决方案是提供极其精确的铸件--这是一个困难的问题，因为大多数化石上的细节都很重要。一位研究人员花了许多年来完善制作这样的演员阵容的过程，他在这个行业中是众所周知的。这个项目是为了让他制作目前存放在南斯拉夫、捷克斯洛伐克和德国的重要人类化石的铸件，这些化石目前无法在这个国家进行研究。这些重要标本的模具将被用来生产高精度的阳性复制品，这些复制品将被纳入大学博物馆的2200多个原始人和灵长类化石复制品的储存库。在那里，他们可以供调查人员学习或出借。将它们纳入这一收藏大大提高了它对科学界的价值。

The evidence documenting the course of human change over past time is primarily a collection of unique hominid fossils. Their uniqueness precludes replacement in case of damage or loss. Fossils should also be available for study to qualified investigators, but most museums justifiably will not allow unique original specimens out of the museum. The solution to this problem is to make available extremely accurate casts--a difficult problem given the minute details of importance on most fossils. One researcher has spent many years perfecting the process of making such casts and he is well known in the profession for doing so. This project is to allow him to make casts of important human fossils currently housed in Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and Germany, that are currently not available for study in this country. The molds of these important specimens will be used to produce highly accurate positive replicas that will be incorporated into the University Museum repository of more than 2200 fossil hominid and primate reproductions. There, they are available to investigators for study or for loan. Their inclusion in this collection significantly enhances its value to the scientific community.