comparative anatomy

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skeletons of humans and gorillas compared

homologies of vertebrate forelimbs

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Flags That Look Alike

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

Adolf Hitler (Nazi, nazism, German leader).

9 Things You Might Not Know About Adolf Hitler

Germans from East and West stand on the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate in the November 10, 1989, photo, one day after the wall opened.

Timeline of the 1980s

Space race (1957-1969) infographic between United States (U.S.) and Russia. America, Soviet Union, U.S.S.R., space exploration

Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69

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skeletons of humans and gorillas compared

homologies of vertebrate forelimbs

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anatomy

Key People

Georges Cuvier

Georges Cuvier

French zoologist

Alfred Sherwood Romer, 1965

Alfred Sherwood Romer

American biologist

Johannes Müller

German physiologist

Franz Weidenreich

German anthropologist

Daubenton, detail of a bust by an unknown artist

Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton

French naturalist

Flower, 1883

Sir William Henry Flower

British zoologist

Blumenbach, detail of a lithograph, 1892

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

German anthropologist

Edward Tyson

English physician

Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire

French naturalist

Lankester, Edwin Ray

Sir Edwin Ray Lankester

British zoologist

Karl Gegenbaur.

Karl Gegenbaur

German anatomist

Agnes Arber

British botanist

Quiz

Muscles of facial expression, human anatomy, (Netter replacement project - SSC). Human face, human head.

Characteristics of the Human Body

greylag. Flock of Greylag geese during their winter migration at Bosque del Apache National Refugee, New Mexico. greylag goose (Anser anser)

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