This is a rich and unique exhibition dedicated to the evolution of the human species. Its evolutionary history is also represented through a series of faithful reconstructions of life-size hominids. Starting from 23 million years ago, from Proconsul africanus, up to the present day. The exhibition features a truly impressive series of our ancestors in dynamic poses or postures: Ardi (Ardipithecus ramidus – Pliocene – c. 4.4 million years ago), Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis – Pliocene – c. 3.9/2.9 million years ago), Homo habilis (Lower Paleolithic – c. 2.8/1.5 million years ago), Homo ergaster (c. 1.6 million years ago), Homo neanderthalensis (Pleistocene – c. 40,000 years ago), Homo sapiens (c. 200,000 years ago to the present), and many others.

The exhibition is also enriched by a series of extraordinary skull casts and by comparing them it is possible to intuit the features of our distant ancestors. It will be possible to notice how our posture, diet and social habits have evolved over time. Of exceptional importance is the reconstruction of the skeleton, albeit partial, of "Lucy", the Australopithecus afarensis, and of what must have been its anatomical structure, which was found in 1973, in the Ethiopian desert. It was an adult female, 1.07 m tall and weighing 28 kg, a discovery that has profoundly influenced the study and theories on the origins of our species.

Also noteworthy are the representations of our closest relative, the Neanderthal man, who inhabited Europe and the Mediterranean basin before Homo sapiens until 40,000 years ago. They were robust and stocky individuals, adapted to living in the harsh climatic conditions that affected Europe during the Ice Ages. The exhibition also features numerous tools made of flint, bone material and pottery.

This exhibition, considered to be of high educational - scientific as well as artistic value, can also include in its introduction the faithful reconstruction of Charles Darwin, sitting at the work table and dressed in period clothing, while the faithful reconstructions of hominids are portrayed in different natural attitudes of daily life, with the creation of scenographies where small clans or multiple family nuclei gathered around temporary shelters. It is possible to reconstruct scenographies or dioramas with hunting scenes.