Ingo Arndt / Aboriginal Rock Art / depicting human figure / Anbangbang Gallery / Nourlangie Range / Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Robin Chittenden / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) on statue's head, Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk, UK, June

Alex Mustard / A fisherman swims down to touch the statue of Christ Of The Abyss (Cristo degli abissi) for good fortune, in the Marine Protected Area of Portofino (Area Marina Protetta, Portofino), Liguria, Italy. M...

Alex Mustard / A portrait of an Atlantic stargazer (Uranoscopus scaber) buried in the sand waiting to ambush prey. This species can also use its hairy tongue as a lure. El Cabron, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain...

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Wilmington Long Man on Wilmington Hill, a chalk figure cut into the hillside in the 16th century, South Downs National Park, East Sussex, England, UK, July 2011

Billy Black / Distant figures with kayak on Sandy Island, near Carriacou Island, the Grenadines, Caribbean, January 2010.

Nigel Cattlin / Figure of eight moth (Diloba caerouleocephala) caterpillar on Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna). England, UK.

Guy Edwardes / Footsteps in the snow leading up to The Angel of the North, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. November 2010

Guy Edwardes / Man at mouth of an ice cave beneath Vatnajokull Glacier, Iceland. March 2018

Jean E. Roche / Rock painting of figure, sometimes known as the 'Great God of Sefar' Tassili n'Ajjer UNESCO World Heritage Site, Algeria. December 1979.

Paul Hobson / Figure of eighty moth (Tethea ocularis octogesimea) adult , Sheffield, England, UK, July.

David Pattyn / Mask and figure from an ancient culture in traditional burial site, cave in Tsingy rocks, Anjajavy Private Reserve, north west Madagascar, August 2016.

Paul D Stewart / Historical illustration of Mandrake (Mandragora officinarum) flowers and fruits from the Paris Royal Botanic Garden. Engraving by Stumpf, in 'Dictionarium, Historicum, Criticum, Chronologicum, Geograp...

Will Watson / 12th Century stone carved tympanum featuring the tree of life, also showing Green Man figure carved on the right capital, Herefordshire School of Romanesque Sculpture, Kilpeck Church, Herefordshire, E...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Christian priests. Bet Medhane Alem Complex (part of the northwestern group of churches in Lalibela). UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lalibela. Ethiopia, December 2014.

Juergen Freund / Aboriginal rock art of male figure, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. December 2012.

Juergen Freund / Aboriginal rock art of male figure, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. December 2012.

Juergen Freund / Aboriginal rock art of male figure, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. December 2012.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Ancestral figure carving in village, Southern Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. August 2010.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Ancestral figure carving in village, Southern Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. August 2010.

Kirkendall-Spring / Figure of Walking Buddha, Coronation Park on the banks of the Wang Chhu, Thimphu. Bhutan, October 2014.

Kirkendall-Spring / Buddhist shrine in Khao Luang Cave with daylight lighting up figure of the Buddha. Phetchaburi, Thailand, September 2014.

Kirkendall-Spring / Temple figure and roof lines at Wat Arun in Bangkok. Thailand, September 2014.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Figure of antelope in rock art, Sevilla Bushman Rock Art Trail, Clanwilliam, Cederberg Mountains, Western Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Figure of an archer and huntsman in rock art, Sevilla Bushman Rock Art Trail, Clanwilliam, Cederberg Mountains, Western Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Figure of an archer and huntsman in rock art, Sevilla Bushman Rock Art Trail, Clanwilliam, Cederberg Mountains, Western Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

Dong Lei / Figure of a dragon on the wall of a temple, Jiajinshan Mountain, Maerkang county, Sichuan Province, China.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Ship figure in rock art, Salmanslaagte Bushman Rock Art Trail, Clanwilliam, Cederberg Mountains, Western Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Figure possibly of zebra in rock art, Sevilla Bushman Rock Art Trail, Clanwilliam, Cederberg Mountains, Western Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

Loic Poidevin / Ornamental carving in wall showing Tigers and human figure, Assam, India.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Rock carving of human figure, Cole De Sera, Niger (far north), 2005.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Cave painting of human figure with animal, Guilemsi, central Mauritania, 2004.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Rock painting of animal figure, Guilemsi, central Mauritania, 2004.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Ancient rock painting of dinosaur-like animal figure, Guilemsi, central Mauritania, 2004.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Ancient rock painting of dinosaur-like animal figure, Guilemsi, central Mauritania, 2004.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Rock engraving of mysterious human figure. Northern Niger, 2005.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Ancient rock painting of animal figure, Guilemsi, central Mauritania, 2004.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Ancient rock painting of human figure, Guilemsi, central Mauritania, 2004.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Ancient rock painting of animal figure, Guilemsi, central Mauritania, 2004.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Ancient Sao terracotta head with Tuareg jewellery. Chad, 2002-2003.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Sao terracotta head with two Bagirmi aluminum amulets. Chad, 2002-2003.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Ancient Sao terracotta hippo figure. N'Djamena, Chad, 2002-2003.

Chris Mattison / A figure from Antony Gormley's 'Another Place' installation on the shore at Crosby, Merseyside, UK. April 2014.

Chris Mattison / A figure from Antony Gormley's 'Another Place' installation covered in barnacles, including the invasive Austrominius modestus. Crosby, Merseyside, UK, April 2014.

Chris Mattison / A figure from Antony Gormley's 'Another Place' installation covered in barnacles, including the invasive Austrominius modestus. Crosby, Merseyside, UK, April 2014.

Chris Mattison / A figure from Antony Gormley's 'Another Place' installation on the shore at Crosby, Merseyside, UK. April 2014.

Chris Mattison / A figure from Antony Gormley's 'Another Place' installation covered in barnacles, including the invasive Austrominius modestus. Crosby, Merseyside, UK, April 2014.

Rhonda Klevansky / Rock paintings, Stadsaal Caves, Cederberg Conservancy, South Africa, August 2011.

David Tipling / Painting from the tomb wall of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt. Showing Nebamun inspecting flocks of geese and herds of cattle. From late 18th Dynasty, around 1350 BC.

David Tipling / Detail of mural from the tomb chapel of Nebanum, Thebes, Egypt. Showing Nebamun hunting birds in the marshes around the Nile. From late 18th Dynasty, around 1350 BC?.

David Tipling / Wall art from an excavated room known as the 'Vulture Shrine', with the Vulture removing the head / soul of the deceased. Catal Huyuk, an ancient site, dating back to 6500 BCE still being excavated at...

Kristel Richard / Bas-reliefs with soldiers mounted on horses, decorating the ground level of the temple at Angkor Wat, Angkor, Cambodia. March 2013

Kristel Richard / Bas-reliefs with soldiers in horse-drawn carriages, decorating the ground level of the temple at Angkor Wat, Angkor, Cambodia. March 2013

Philippe Clement / The Osmington White Horse, the figure of George III on horseback sculpted in 1808 into the limestone on Osmington Hill along the Jurassic Coast, Dorset, UK, November 2012

Michael D. Kern / White spotted cat snake (Boiga drapiezii) body forming figure of eight shape, captive, from South East Asia

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Wilmington Long Man on Wilmington Hill, a chalk figure cut into the hillside in the 16th century, South Downs National Park, East Sussex, England, UK, July 2011

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Sculptured Norse figure, Traigh Uige, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles / Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, May 2011

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / 14th Century Nenets idol of an anthropomorphic figure made from wood. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia, August 2008.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Figure of inuit hunter fighting polar bear carved from walrus ivory. Thule, Northwest Greenland.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Polar bear figure carved from walrus ivory. Thule, Northwest Greenland.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Greenlandic Tupilak figure made from walrus ivory and polar bear fur. Thule, Northwest Greenland.

Juergen Freund / Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) coiled in a figure-of-eight on white background with head raised. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February

Daniel Heuclin / Rosy Boa (Lichanura / Charina trivirgata) forming a figure eight on sand. Controlled conditions. Western USA, November.

Orsolya Haarberg / Troll figure in the Troll Park, Hamn, Senja island, Berg, Troms, Norway, September 2006

Juan Carlos Munoz / Figure of the Madonna and Child on the gates of the Sanctuary of the Virgen de la Cabeza in Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain, Jan 2010

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nenets figure representing spirit of dead female relative. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia, 2000.

Billy Black / Figure beneath rainbow on Sandy Island, near Carriacou Island, the Grenadines, Caribbean, January 2010.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Tiny figure by Dettifoss, the most powerful waterfall in Europe. Iceland, 1992.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Tiny carved ivory figure of bird, approximately 2000 years old, believed to originate from Dorset culture. Igloolik Island, Nunavut, Canada, 1992.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Tiny carved ivory figure of harpoon head, approximately 2000 years old, believed to originate from Dorset culture. Igloolik Island, Nunavut, Canada, 1992.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Tiny carved ivory figure of woman, approximately 2000 years old, believed to originate from Dorset culture. Igloolik Island, Nunavut, Canada, 1992.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Tiny carved ivory figure of seal, approximately 2000 years old, believed to originate from Dorset culture. Igloolik Island, Nunavut, Canada, 1992.

Tim Laman / Spectral Pygmy Chameleon (Rhampholeon spectrum spectrum) sitting on figure tip to show small size, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. January 2008

John Cancalosi / Aboriginal rock art, Woman sorcery figure and yams, Australia

David Noton / Solitary figure on the beach at low tide with reflection, Inch Strand, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland

Shattil & Rozinski / Statue of Memnon figure, Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt, 1997

Andy Sands / Figure of Eighty Moth (Tethea ocularis octogesimea) resting with 80 marking clearly visible. UK. Captive.

David Noton / Solitary figure on Porth Kidney Sands, nr St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK

David Noton / Solitary figure at Porth Kidney Sands, nr St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK

David Noton / Solitary figure at Porth Kidney Sands, nr St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK

David Noton / Solitary figure at Porth Kidney Sands, nr St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK

David Noton / Solitary figure on Playa Sumara at sunrise, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

David Noton / Solitary figure trekking in the desert, Atacama Desert, Chile

David Noton / Solitary figure trekking on ridge, Valle de la Luna, nr San Pedro, Atacama Desert, Chile

Steven David Miller / Rock art depicting female figure, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia - painted by Nayombolmi (Barramundi Charlie).

Steven David Miller / Rock art depicting human figure, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Steven David Miller / Rock art, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia - The central figure is Namondjok, a dangerous spirit; to the right is Namarrgon the lightening man, on the bottom left is Barrginj, Namar...

John Cancalosi / Indian Petroglyphs with human figure and Bighorn sheep, San Juan River, Utah, USA, 1993

Chris O'Reilly / Long man of Willington, chalk figure on South Downs, Sussex, UK

John Cancalosi / Indian petroglyphs, human figure and Bighorn sheep, San Juan river, Utah, USA

Steven David Miller / Aboriginal rock art, human stick figure & weapon, Ubirr Art Site Kakadu NP, NT Australia

Paul D Stewart / Great Argus Pheasant feather (Argusianus argus). Composite photograph of Argus secondary wing feather left and right Fig 56. Page 143 Vol II of Charles Darwin 'The Descent of Man and Selection in Rela...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of iguanodon and megalosaurus by Riou in the revised English 1867 translation of Louis Figuier's 'Earth before the Deluge' 1863. The figure shows impressions after the collaboration betwe...

Paul D Stewart / Detail of Great Argus Pheasant (Argusianus argus) zoo specimen, from SE Asia. Secondary wing feathers showing ocelli. Page 143 Vol II of Charles Darwin 'The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to...

Paul D Stewart / Illustrated London News 4th October 1845, an engraving of the Hunterian Museum with 'Darwin-like' figure central. Darwin discovered many striking extinct giant mammals while travelling overland in Sou...

Paul D Stewart / 1837 portrait of Gideon Mantell (3 February 1790 - 10 November 1852). Engraved from a painting by Samuel Stepney, later hand colouring. Published in G. Mantell's 'Thoughts on a Pebble' 1849. Gideon Ma...