Human Uses
The oldest known human depiction of an operculum together with the shell of Charonia tritonis is a seal made by the Minoan civilization.
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Famous quotes containing the word human:
“We must know, if only in order to learn not to know. The supreme lesson of human consciousness is to learn how not to know. That is, how not to interfere.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“The human heart dares not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that few of us are released from making.”
—Lillian Smith (1897–1966)