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skeletons of humans and gorillas compared

homologies of vertebrate forelimbs

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Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Toilet. Bathroom. Plumbing. Flush. A public toilet with a wooden seat.

Do Toilets in Different Hemispheres Flush in Different Directions?

pyramid sunset, egypt

What’s Inside the Great Pyramid?

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Monitor. Varanus salvadorii is a monitor lizard found in New Guinea can grows to 2.7 metres (9 ft.) aka Tree crocodile, Crocodile monitor, Salvadori's monitor, artellia, reptile

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Lizards and Turtles

Calendar marking march 15th

22 Questions About Time and Timekeeping Answered

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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

Johannes Müller

German physiologist

Alfred Sherwood Romer, 1965

Alfred Sherwood Romer

American biologist

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

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

Biology Bonanza

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

Characteristics of the Human Body