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.

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...

Paul D Stewart / Illustrations of Sacred Ibis. Composite of three plates (by Balzac) from Cuvier's 'Ossamens Fossiles' 1812. Left - a mummy skeleton from Thebes, middle - the modern sacred ibis, right - an Egyptian te...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration portrait of a Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). 1809 'Black Oran Otan' copper engraving from 'Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution'. This is a reprint of Tyson's first figur...

Paul D Stewart / Copper plate illustration with contemporary hand colouring, possibly of an orang utan (Pongo pygmaeus), printed 1757. 'The satier, savage, wild man, pigmy, orang-autang, chimp-anzee & c. '. From 'Glea...

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut illustration of Wolverine (Gulo gulo) or Glutton, squeezing between trees to defecate before resuming feeding. From Conrad Gesner's 'Icones Animalium' published by Christof Froschover, Zurich,...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Bernini's Fontana dei 4 fiumi (fountain of the four rivers) in Rome's Piazza Navona. The statute seen here represents the Rio della Plata River and the riches of the Americas. ^^^The fountain represen...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Bernini's Fontana dei 4 fiumi (fountain of the four rivers) in Rome's Piazza Navona. The statue seen here represents the Rio della Plata River and the riches of the Americas. In the background is the...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Bernini's Fontana dei 4 fiumi (fountain of the four rivers) in Rome's Piazza Navona. The statute seen here represents the Rio della Plata River and the riches of the Americas. ^^^The fountain represen...

Angelo Giampiccolo / The Fontana dei 4 fiumi (fountain of the four Bernini's Fontana dei 4 fiumi (fountain of the four rivers) in Rome's Piazza Navona. The statue seen here represents the Rio della Plata River and the ric...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Bernini's Fontana dei 4 fiumi (fountain of the four rivers) in Rome's Piazza Navona. In this picture is a statue representing the Ganges River and the continent of Asia. In the background is the churc...

Onne van der Wal / Children learing how to tie a figure of eight knot at a sailing school in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

John Cancalosi / Hopi Kachina ("Crow Mother") doll, traditional figure of the Hopi American Indians, Hopi Lands, Northern Arizona, USA

Robin Chittenden / Figure of eighty moth (Tethea ocularis octogesimea) on tree trunk, Norfolk, England, June

Jim Brandenburg / Indian petroglyph showing figure of running sheep, Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Arizona