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  2. Human vestigiality - Wikipedia

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    Ileum, caecum and colon of rabbit, showing Appendix vermiformis on fully functional caecum The human vermiform appendix on the vestigial caecum. The appendix was once believed to be a vestige of a redundant organ that in ancestral species had digestive functions, much as it still does in extant species in which intestinal flora hydrolyze cellulose and similar indigestible plant materials. [10]

  3. Vestigiality - Wikipedia

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    In humans, the vermiform appendix is sometimes called a vestigial structure as it has lost much of its ancestral digestive function.. Vestigiality is the retention, during the process of evolution, of genetically determined structures or attributes that have lost some or all of the ancestral function in a given species. [1]

  4. It Might Be Hard To Take Your Eyes Off These Mesmerizing 30 ...

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    The list is full of examples of this art style and movement that were created by artists from all around the world. So, check them out; maybe it will convince you to become a surrealism enthusiast.

  5. Still life - Wikipedia

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    Juan Sánchez Cotán, Still Life with Game Fowl, Vegetables and Fruits (1602), Museo del Prado, Madrid. A still life (pl.: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or human-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, etc.).

  6. Tattoos Found on 1,000-Year-Old Mummies Rival Our Own

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    Other, less-intricate tattoos showcased images of animals and vines. Although the art of the Chancay culture—especially their textiles and ceramics—is well represented, little is known about ...

  7. Visual arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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    The art of the Haida, Tlingit, Heiltsuk, Tsimshian and other smaller tribes living in the coastal areas of Washington state, Oregon, and British Columbia, is characterized by an extremely complex stylistic vocabulary expressed mainly in the medium of woodcarving. Famous examples include totem poles, transformation masks, and canoes. In addition ...

  8. Eldzier Cortor - Wikipedia

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    Eldzier Cortor (January 10, 1916 – November 26, 2015) was an African-American artist and printmaker.His work typically features elongated nude figures in intimate settings, [1] influenced by both traditional African art and European surrealism.

  9. Han van Meegeren - Wikipedia

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    Han (diminutive for Henri or Henricus) van Meegeren was born 10 October 1889, [2] the third of five children of Augusta Louisa Henrietta Camps and Hendrikus Johannes van Meegeren, a French and history teacher at the Kweekschool (training college for schoolteachers) in the provincial city of Deventer.