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  • Page of text emphasizing the ancient pseudo-science of physiognomy which tries to determine a man's character from his outward resemble to animals
  • Page of text emphasizing the ancient pseudo-science of physiognomy which tries to determine a man's character from his outward resemble to animals
  • The first DNA fingerprint. The first three lanes contain DNA from a woman, her mother and her father respectively. Lanes 4 - 11 contain DNA from assorted other species including mouse, baboon, lemur, cow, grey seal and tobacco (last lane). The DNA probe used in this experiment detected tandomly repeated short stretches of DNA called minisatellites whose length varies between individuals.
  • Drawing of a head showing the Harmonic scale in drawing
  • An early DNA fingerprint showing DNA patterns from a mother (lanes 2 and 8) and her four children (adjacent lanes to the right). Lane 1 is an unrelated person. The two sets of lanes show the fingerprints reveled with two different probes that detect different types of repeated sequences.
  • Illustration emphasizing the ancient pseudo-science of physiognomy which tries to determine a man's character from his outward resemble to animals. In this illustration is shown the traits of a male and an dog
  • Page of text emphasizing the ancient pseudo-science of physiognomy which tries to determine a man's character from his outward resemble to animals
  • Drawings of Ears in Ciprianii's 'Rudiments of Drawing..
  • Illustration emphasizing the ancient pseudo-science of physiognomy which tries to determine a man's character from his outward resemble to animals
  • Illustration emphasizing the ancient pseudo-science of physiognomy which tries to determine a man's character from his outward resemble to animals
  • Drawings of Eyes in Ciprianii's 'Rudiments of Drawing..
  • Drawings of Chines in Ciprianii's 'Rudiments of Drawing..