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Honestly LIVING for these Aztec and Mixtec depictions of game playing from the Codices Yoalli Ehecatl (Borgia), Magliabechiano, Tonalpouhqui (Vaticanus B), and Chihuacoatl (Borbonicus).

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2020-07-10

A kitchen maid carrying carrots and an artichoke in a basket, Wenceslaus Hollar from Ornatus Muliebris Anglicanus, 1640.

(British Museum)

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2020-07-06

A Classical Battle (probably depicting the defeat of Hannibal by Scipio Africanus Major, circa 235-183 B.C.) - Bernardino Cesari (1571-1622).

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2020-06-29

They are literally Hispanic, i.e. from Hispania, which was once a provincial designation made by Romans for the Iberian peninsula. Again, "Hispanic" is not a race. Even during the Middle Ages Conversos & Moriscos who became Christians were non-white Hispanics, like Leo Africanus.

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2020-05-29

22nd May is the International Day for Biological Diversity ... The manuscript of the Codex Mexicanus National Library CZ XVI B 18 by Jesuit Ignatius Tirsch says a lot in this regard. He captured Mexican nature in second half of 18th century, while much has not been preserved.

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2020-05-22

22nd May is the International Day for Biological Diversity ... The manuscript of the Codex Mexicanus XVI B 18 by the Jesuit Ignatius Tirsch says a lot in this regard. He captured Mexican nature in the second half of the 18th century, while much has not been preserved.

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2020-05-22

are strange animals indeed...

'Platypterygius' americanus UW 2421, scanned by , modelled by yours truly. That specimen was described by A.S. Romer in 1968!

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2020-02-29

2700 people, hello! Here’s a new piece; Aerotitan sudamericanus, a medium-sized Azhdarchid pterosaur from South America. Wanted to try out different stuff with this one. The pterosaur is drawn only with a low opacity “pencil” brush.

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2020-02-18

[OC] | [SKETCHDUMP]
MASS DUMP OF BUG FABLES OC STUFF IN ONE POST.
AMERICAN BURYING BEETLE (Nicrophorus americanus), BONE SKIPPER (Thyreophora cynophila), IMPERIAL MOTH (Eacles imperialis), RESPECTIVELY.

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2020-02-10

Dalmatian (Pelicanus crispus) are the largest member of the species and can weigh up to 28 lbs (13 kg). by Edward Lear for The of V.5 (1837) by John Gould. In thanks to : https://t.co/3BkytfZf59

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2020-01-17

This story is told in prehispanic sources, such as the Sun Stone or Aztec Calendar, as well as colonial sources, like the Codex Chimalpopoca and the Codex Vaticanus A

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2020-01-15

Next up for is a Xolmis Dominicanus playing the xylophone TO THE XTREME!!

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2020-01-13

クセノキオン/Xenophon
ドールやリカオンの祖先にあたる狼。最大の個体は85kg程あったらしい。
Canis(xenocyon)africanus
antonii
falconeri
lycanoides
の4亜種が存在していたとされる。

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2020-01-12

The impressive goat of the Rocky Mountains (Oreamnos Americanus).

Credits: Andre Figueiredo

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2019-12-18

Type specimens of Australopithecus africanus/prometheus (yellow endocast) and Homo naledi (blue). Similar brain size/shape between very distinct species

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2019-12-06