Dan David Laboratory was established in 2004.

Dan David (1929-2011)

Dan David was born on May 23, 1929, in Bucharest, Romania. He studied Economics and Technical Methodology and applied his studies to industrial photography. He was the inventor of a new photographic technology and has issued various patents in the field of photography. Dan David was a member of the Board of Governors of Tel Aviv University and was an Elected Member of the World Academy of Art and Science. He held the title of Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa at Tel Aviv University.

His strong passions for paleoanthropology, history and archaeology lead him to establish the Dan David Laboratory for the search and study of human origins.

Dan David Laboratory

The major goals of the laboratory are: a- initiating excavations at prehistoric sites in Israel in the search of the earliest anatomically modern Homo sapiens b- studying the biohistory of the people inhabiting the eastern Mediterranean region from prehistoric times to present. c- studying anatomical and pathological conditions in humans from evolutionary perspective.     d- studying the relationships between past people's osteobiography, and their culture, economy and environment.