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(Claw of Baryonyx walkeri) Baryonyx means 'heavy claw'. Unusually for a carnivorous dinosaur we know it ate fish as scientists have found fish scales and teeth with its fossil where its stomach would have been.

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Human Biology

Listen to what a baby experiences in the womb, test out your memory, and learn all about cells and genetics.

Inside the Human Biology gallery.

You’re amazing – and the Human Biology gallery explains why, with all kinds of facts and figures about our bodies. Learn how senses like hearing and smell work, how our memories function, how blood does its job, and how the brain and other organs work together.

Specimen of a human brain and spinal cord.

Explore the central nervous system, and how the human brain and spinal cord function through a complex network of neurones and receptors.

Giant model of a human baby.

Relive your time in the womb with the giant baby model – complete with a sound recording of what a foetus hears and a multitude of fascinating facts and figures about a baby’s growth.

Optical illusion showing triangles and circles

There’s more than meets the eye to how your senses work. The section on perception includes a look at how the brain and the eye work together, and why we fall for optical illusions.

Human skeleton shows how our bones and muscles work.

Every step you take is a feat of engineering. Our section on the human skeleton explains how our bones and muscles work together to keep us on the move.

Cartoon image of a hatchet fish on a museum pass

Until 1938 whale carcasses were buried in the Museum grounds so that their flesh would decay leaving only the skeletons.