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A brief history of tattoos

The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.

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  • Two steatopyous figures said to represent Dahomey pygmies,
  • Orang-outang, sive homo sylvestris: or, the anatomy of a pygmie compared with that of a monkey, an ape, and a man. To which is added, a philological essay concerning the pygmies, the cynocephali, the satyrs and spinges of the ancients. Wherein it will appear that they are all either apes or monkeys, and not men, as formerly pretended / By Edward Tyson.
  • Orang-outang, sive homo sylvestris: or, the anatomy of a pygmie compared with that of a monkey, an ape, and a man. To which is added, a philological essay concerning the pygmies, the cynocephali, the satyrs and spinges of the ancients. Wherein it will appear that they are all either apes or monkeys, and not men, as formerly pretended / By Edward Tyson.
  • farm animal Young pygmy goat
  • A pygmy opossum climbing up a tree. Etching.
  • [Cutting from The London Journal (1853?) titled: 'The earthmen in Southern Africa'. ].
  • Two gibbons are climbing a tree while a chimpanzee and two orang-utans are playing with thr branches of the tree on the ground. Coloured etching by S. Milne.
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  • Penis shealth
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