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« Moving up in the world. We're now R rated. | Main | Pseudoscience in the Press of the Past | 07/02/2007 »

Clay Homunculi

Category: NeuroartNeuroscience
Posted on: July 1, 2007 6:30 AM, by The Omnibrain

I always loved these homunculi drawings in intro psych and neuro books. These sculptures from the London Natural History Museum are even better!

Sensory_and_motor_homunculi.jpg
click picture for much much larger image.

And finally if you have no idea what the heck is going on here. Wikipedia has a good description of the homunculus.

[edit by Sandra - in keeping with our new R-rating, see the NSFW image of a proposed revision involving the penis. Read more here. Oh, and I find it curious/sexist that I can't find an image representing a female homunculus...]

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1

It would be cool to see a series of these for other animals, say rat, raccoon, star-nosed mole, platypus etc.

Posted by: Ed Yong | July 2, 2007 4:38 AM

2

Any one know if/where you can buy these? I'd love a couple on my mantle.

Posted by: Craig | July 6, 2007 4:47 AM

3

I want to buy them too.

Posted by: Site Ekle | January 5, 2008 5:13 PM

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