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Darwin, "A Venerable Orang-Outang"

Discover the story behind this tattoo of Darwin inspired by a 1800s political cartoon. A perfect fit for an anthropologist!

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Kim writes:

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"This is my tattoo of Darwin. It's from a political cartoon published in the late 1800's. As I'm an anthropologist studying human evolution, it felt appropriate." The original cartoon appeared in Hornet magazine in 1871, in the wake of Darwin's publication of The Descent of Man. Here is the magazine editor's note; if you then press "next" you can see the original. Wikipedia has a cleaner copy of the original.

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