Homo Sapiens Collection (#2)

Native American in headdress with horns, buckskin shirt, holding bow and arrow
FLO4720037 Native American in headdress with horns, buckskin shirt, holding bow and arrow. Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschke's Gallery of Natural History

Yellow or Mongolian breed. Color of sooty brown or olive brown; hair black, rare, inspient, face crushed
6202810 Yellow or Mongolian breed. Color of sooty brown or olive brown; hair black, rare, inspient, face crushed, wide in the gothic knobs, narrow in the chin, eyes divergent, nose little protruding

Noerlandese, King of Bussa, Bornese, covered with tree zest fabrics
6202818 Noerlandese, King of Bussa, Bornese, covered with tree zest fabrics; (add.info.: "Noerlandese, King of Bussa, Bornese, covered with tree zest fabrics")

American race. Fetzeri
6202806 American race. Fetzeri; (add.info.: "American race. Fetzeri". Image caption Original styled according to the nineteenth-century concept of "race")

American race. Mozus, Chief of the Osagii (Algonchino)
6202801 American race. Mozus, Chief of the Osagii (Algonchino); (add.info.: "American race. Mozus, Chief of the Osagii (Algonchino)"

Malayan man. Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschke's Gallery of Natural History
FLO4720026 Malayan man. Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschke's Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches

Prehistoric Man (colour litho)
8661463 Prehistoric Man (colour litho) by Collins, William Wiehe (1862-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prehistoric Man)

Illustration of human evolution from left to right Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus africanus, Homo erectus and Homo sapiens. Pencil and watercolor painting

Neolithic mat, sandals, and basket, from La Cueva de Los Murcielagos (Cave of Bats
AIS5337969 Neolithic mat, sandals, and basket, from La Cueva de Los Murcielagos (Cave of Bats) (photo) by Prehistoric; Museo Arqueologico Nacional, Madrid

Mesolithic Rock Art: Deer and Goats (8000-7000 BC), Spain, Bicorp
AIS5375503 Mesolithic Rock Art: Deer and Goats (8000-7000 BC), Spain, Bicorp, La Arana Cave (painting) by Prehistoric; (add.info.: Mesolithic Rock Art: Deer and Goats (8000-7000 BC). Spain, Bicorp

ichtyosaur and plesiosaur, 1872 (engraving)
PCT4265637 ichtyosaur and plesiosaur, 1872 (engraving) by Riou, Edouard (1833-1900); (add.info.: Animals "antediluvians": ichtyosaur and plesiosaur (ichtyosaurus - plesiosaurus)

Phalic dance of type stylized-naturalistic, Mesolithic art (mural painting)
CUL4855678 Phalic dance of type stylized-naturalistic, Mesolithic art (mural painting) by Prehistoric; Archaeological Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain; (add.info.: ILEIDA, El Cogul)

Prehistory: Cavemen, 1881 (Engraving)
7304328 Prehistory: Cavemen, 1881 (Engraving) by Demarle, Alphonse (1826-1896); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prehistory)

Prehistory: the discovery of fire, 1881 (Engraving)
7304327 Prehistory: the discovery of fire, 1881 (Engraving) by Demarle, Alphonse (1826-1896); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prehistory)

Prehistory: human habitat, 1881 (Engraving)
7304325 Prehistory: human habitat, 1881 (Engraving) by Demarle, Alphonse (1826-1896); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prehistory)

Cave painting, Salmon-Challis National Forest (photo)
7349163 Cave painting, Salmon-Challis National Forest (photo) by Prehistoric; (add.info.: Middle Fork of the Salmon River, Idaho)

From the time of the pile dwellings, Lake Constance, Germany, History
7279714 From the time of the pile dwellings, Lake Constance, Germany, History by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: From the time of the pile dwellings, Lake Constance)

Prehistory : a wounded man (Rock painting)
1747802 Prehistory : a wounded man (Rock painting) by Prehistoric; Grotte de Cougnac, Lot, France; (add.info.: Rock painting on the wall of Cougnac cave)

Homo Sapiens Media
Marcel Egger

Dolmen des Fades (covered alley, called Palet de Roland or Morrel de las Fadas) in Pepieux (Aude, Minervois, Occitanie)
7243318 Dolmen des Fades (covered alley, called Palet de Roland or Morrel de las Fadas) in Pepieux (Aude, Minervois, Occitanie) by Prehistoric; Private Collection; (add.info)

Dolmen des Fades (covered alley, called Palet de Roland or Morrel de las Fadas) in Pepieux (Aude, Minervois, Occitanie)
7243316 Dolmen des Fades (covered alley, called Palet de Roland or Morrel de las Fadas) in Pepieux (Aude, Minervois, Occitanie) by Prehistoric; Private Collection; (add.info)

Dolmen des Fades (covered alley, called Palet de Roland or Morrel de las Fadas) in Pepieux (Aude, Minervois, Occitanie)
7243317 Dolmen des Fades (covered alley, called Palet de Roland or Morrel de las Fadas) in Pepieux (Aude, Minervois, Occitanie) by Prehistoric; Private Collection; (add.info)

But we have good reasons to believe that the airplane was already known in prehistoric eras (colour litho)
7180994 But we have good reasons to believe that the airplane was already known in prehistoric eras (colour litho) by Echau

Modern Science and Prehistoric Savagery (litho)
7149610 Modern Science and Prehistoric Savagery (litho) by Dyson, Will (1880-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Modern Science and Prehistoric Savagery)

Vue de dolmens pres de Lannion (engraving)
7179159 Vue de dolmens pres de Lannion (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vue de dolmens pres de Lannion)

Fresco at Cogul, Lleida, 2021 (photo)
7205098 Fresco at Cogul, Lleida, 2021 (photo) by Prehistoric; (add.info.: Fresco at Cogul, Lerida, Spain. In the upper left-hand corner we see a symbolic sign for the hunt)

The battle of brains against brute strength (colour litho)
7170895 The battle of brains against brute strength (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The battle of brains against brute strength)

Man in the Time of the Giant Bear and Mammoth (engraving)
7181330 Man in the Time of the Giant Bear and Mammoth (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man in the Time of the Giant Bear and Mammoth)

Human figures with bows, Cueva del Civil, Tirig, Barranc de la Valltorta, Valencia
AIS5375580 Human figures with bows, Cueva del Civil, Tirig, Barranc de la Valltorta, Valencia, Spain (painting) by Prehistoric; eIberfoto; out of copyright

Man. Varieties of the human race (engraving)
1090870 Man. Varieties of the human race (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man. Varieties of the human race)

Man. Varieties of the human race (engraving)
1090867 Man. Varieties of the human race (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man. Varieties of the human race)

Cave of Hands (Cueva de las Manos), Santa Cruz, Argentina, Neolithic period (fresco)
AIS5337351 Cave of Hands (Cueva de las Manos), Santa Cruz, Argentina, Neolithic period (fresco) by Prehistoric; Cueva de las Manos, RAio Pinturas, Santa Cruz

A running goat, Mesolithic period, Spain, Remigia cave, Barranco de la Gasulla
AIS5375575 A running goat, Mesolithic period, Spain, Remigia cave, Barranco de la Gasulla, Ares del Maestre (painting) by Prehistoric; eIberfoto; out of copyright

Orders of Mammals
6338757 Orders of Mammals by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Orders of Mammals. Man, Homo sapiens, endangered chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes, cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus, Indian palm squirrel)

Illustration of Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) embryo at seven weeks, and human embryo (Homo sapiens) at seven weeks

Illustration of Homo sapiens and Homo habilis

Taenia solium, pork tapeworm
The pork tapeworm parasite can reach lengths of up to 8 metres. It is found in humans and animals which have consumed meat infected with the larvae

Capillaria philippinensis, parasitic worm
This worm species (Capillaria philippinensis) is a parasite of the human small intestine

Homo sapiens cranium (Cro-Magnon 1)
Lateral and frontal view of a cast of a skull belonging to Homo sapiens Le Viellard, adult male about 45 years of age. Discovered near the station, Les Eyzies de Tayac, France by workmen, March 1868

Cochliomyia hominivorax, new world screwworm puparium
The pupa case or puparium of a new world screwworm originating from a human, contracted in Trinidad

Dermatobia hominis, human botfly
Second stage of the human botfly (Dermatobia hominis) in leg - contracted in Bolivia. Photographed by Martin Hall

Stages in female human evolution
Human evolution. Artwork of female apes and humans showing some of the stages in human evolution. At left, Proconsul sp. (23-17 million years ago)

Largest animals size comparison. Array of past and present large animals, compared to a human (lower right). At top is the blue whale, a marine mammal and the largest-ever animal

Hominid evolution through time, Drawing
Prehistory - Hominid evolution through time. Drawing

ai, android, artificial intelligence, box, breaking, breaking free, cage, captivity
Robot breaking free from glass cube near man and woman

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Homo sapiens, the remarkable species that we are, have come a long way in our evolutionary journey. From the early stages of Australopithecus and Homo habilis to the modern-day Homo sapiens, our development has been nothing short of extraordinary. The sensory homunculus and motor homunculus illustrate how different parts of our body are represented in our brain's cortex. These maps show just how intricately connected we are as beings capable of perceiving and interacting with the world around us. Through various stages in human evolution, we have witnessed significant changes. The discovery of Homo erectus (Sangiran 17) shed light on our ancestors' ability to walk upright, marking a crucial milestone in our development. Coexisting with other subspecies like H. Neanderthalensis further emphasizes the diversity within our lineage. Illustrations showcasing Australopithecus, Homo habilis, and Homo sapiens skulls highlight the gradual transformation from ape-like features to more human-like characteristics over time. Our journey has not only shaped us externally but internally as well – from vital organs like the liver to intricate structures like human cells. Comparisons between primate skulls reveal similarities and differences among species closely related to us. Cro-magnon and Neanderthal skull comparisons provide insights into ancient humans' physical variations while emphasizing their shared ancestry. Artwork depicting hominid reconstructions chronologically showcases how each stage built upon its predecessor – an awe-inspiring testament to millions of years of evolution unfolding before us. However fascinating this story may be, it is essential not to forget about potential threats that still exist today. For instance, Triatoma infestans or 'kissing bug, ' known for transmitting Chagas disease remains a concern even for modern-day homo sapiens. Homo sapiens stand at the pinnacle of biological evolution – a culmination of countless generations adapting and evolving through time.