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

Steven David Miller / A rock art shelter in the northern Kimberley region features a cluster of Wandjina figures peering out from the sandstone rock surface, Northern Kimberley region and the Mitchell Plateau, Western Aust...

Jabruson / Ivory carved figures for sale Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nenets sacred sled, used to carry idols (sacred figures). Gydan Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia., 2000. 40 BELOW bookplate.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dogs, dogsled and figures carved in walrus ivory by the famous Magsanguassuaq. Qaanaaq, Northwest Greenland.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Statue of Lenin in Petropavlovsk, surrounded by autumn colour. Kamchatka, Siberia, Russia, 1999. Editorial use only.

Sue Flood / Stone figurative sculptures / Moai of Ahu Nau Nau sacred site at Anankena beach, Easter Island, South Pacific, October 2009

Sue Flood / Stone figurative sculptures / Moai at Tongariki, Easter Island, South Pacific, October 2009

Sue Flood / Stone figurative sculptures / Moai of Ahu Nau Nau sacred site at Anankena beach, Easter Island, South Pacific. October 2009

Sue Flood / Stone figurative sculptures / Moai of Ahu Nau Nau sacred site at Anankena beach, Easter Island, South Pacific. October 2009

Sue Flood / Stone figurative sculptures / Moai of Ahu Nau Nau sacred site at Anankena beach, Easter Island, South Pacific. October 2009

Sue Flood / Stone figurative sculptures / Moai at Ranoraraku quarry, Easter Island, South Pacific, October 2009

Angelo Gandolfi / Prehistoric rock painting or geometrical figures. El Castillo cave, Cantabria, Spain.

Steven David Miller / Ancient Wandjina figures painted over a much older panel of Bradshaw rock art, Northern Kimberley region and the Mitchell Plateau, Western Australia

Steven David Miller / A rock art shelter in the northern Kimberley region features a cluster of Wandjina figures peering out from the sandstone rock surface, Northern Kimberley region and the Mitchell Plateau, Western Aust...

Steven David Miller / Ancient Wandjina figures and Bradshaw rock art, Northern Kimberley region and the Mitchell Plateau, Western Australia

Steven David Miller / Wandjina figures and Bradshaw rock art, Northern Kimberley region and the Mitchell Plateau, Western Australia

Steven David Miller / A rock art shelter in the northern Kimberley region features a cluster of Wandjina figures peering out from the sandstone rock surface, Northern Kimberley region and the Mitchell Plateau, Western Aust...

Steven David Miller / Ancient Wandjina figures painted over a much older panel of Bradshaw rock art, Northern Kimberley region and the Mitchell Plateau, Western Australia

Steven David Miller / Ancient Wandjina figures painted over a much older panel of Bradshaw rock art, Northern Kimberley region and the Mitchell Plateau, Western Australia .

Steven David Miller / Ancient Wandjina figures and Bradshaw rock art, Northern Kimberley region and the Mitchell Plateau, Western Australia

Steven David Miller / A rock art shelter in the northern Kimberley region features a cluster of Wandjina figures peering out from the sandstone rock surface, Northern Kimberley region and the Mitchell Plateau, Western Aust...

Steven David Miller / Wandjina figures and Bradshaw rock art, Northern Kimberley region and the Mitchell Plateau, Western Australia

John Cancalosi / Aboriginal rock art, Emu, Brush turkey and Spirit Figures, Australia

Oriol Alamany / Moai rock statues in Ahu Akivi, Easter Island / Pascua / Rapa Nui

David Noton / Shafts oflight through clouds wih distant figures on the beach, Inch Strand, Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry, Republic of Ireland

David Noton / Distant figures walking on the beach at low tide, Inch Strand, Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry, Republic of Ireland

Philippe Clement / Ancient petroglyphs near Puerco Pueblo made by ancestral Puebloan people showing anthropomorphs (human-like figures) and zoomorphs (animal-like figures), Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA

Philippe Clement / 'Newspaper Rock' Anasazi Indian petroglyphs showing anthropomorphs (human-like figures), zoomorphs (animal-like figures) and katsinas (spiritual figures), Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Philippe Clement / 'Newspaper Rock' Anasazi Indian petroglyphs showing anthropomorphs (human-like figures), zoomorphs (animal-like figures) and katsinas (spiritual figures), Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Jabruson / African elephant ivory carved figures made by Chinese trained carvers, offered for sale near Virunga NP, DR Congo

Jabruson / African elephant ivory carved figures, Chinese trained carvers, Zaire

David Noton / Aerial view of figures on the beach, Muriwai, North Island, New Zealand

David Noton / Figures on the beach at Harrismith beach, South East Coast, Barbados

Steven David Miller / Rock art depicting human figures, Nanguluwur, Nourlangie, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Jabruson / Ivory figures for sale Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

Grant McDowell / Dogon wooden figures, Mali, West Africa

Constantinos Petrinos / 'Tau Tau' effigies, 'small person'/'person like', Tana Toraja, C Sulawesi, Indonesia NB thought to be receptable of the ghost of the deceased. They guard the cliffside graves & have often been stolen...

Constantinos Petrinos / 'Tau Tau' effigies, 'small person'/'person like', Tana Toraja, C Sulawesi, Indonesia NB thought to be receptable of the ghost of the deceased. They guard the cliffside graves & have often been stolen...

Constantinos Petrinos / 'Tau Tau' effigies, 'small person'/'person like', Tana Toraja, C Sulawesi, Indonesia NB thought to be receptable of the ghost of the deceased. They guard the cliffside graves & have often been stolen...

Steven David Miller / Kimberley rock art, Wandjina figures Chamberlain Gorge El Questro Station W Australia

Paul D Stewart / Illustrations of barnacles, anemones and other invertebrates, 'Balanite Balanus' from the 'Encyclopedie Methodique - Histoire Naturelle les Vers ' published by Pancoucke 1792. Lamarck worked on this e...

Gerry Ellis / Fremont spirit figures, Unita Bureau of Land Magagement lands, southeast Utah