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#anatomy : the act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts

- German: die Anatomie

- Italian: anatomia

- Portuguese: anatomia

- Spanish: anatomía

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Michelangelo had an astonishing understanding of human anatomy, which was so advanced that some of his artwork reveals details that were unknown or poorly understood in his time. One particularly obscure example is the "Creation of Adam" on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Researchers have noted that the depiction of God surrounded by angels resembles an anatomically accurate cross-section of the human brain.

Did you know the 1st recognised #Neanderthal skeleton was initially believed to be a deformed #Russian?

In 1856, a skull was found near Düsseldorf. Anatomist August Mayer examined the #bones & concluded that the strong pelvis was the result of riding & that the pronounced brows were from worrying from pain. He thought him a Russian Cossack from the Napoleonic War.

Another anatomist, Hermann Schaaffhausen, had actually correctly identified the bones - but he wasn't popular.