The Origin of Morphological Perfection

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Pencil on watercolor paper
1999

This is a sketch depicting the 75 million year process of the evolution of the mammalian female, culminating in the appearance of the Homo sapiens sapiens female.

From left to right: Tupaia, lemur, tarsier, primitive old world monkey, the Great Ape (Chimp), Australopithecus, "woman".

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