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:
“The human heart concerns us more than the poring into microscopes, and is larger than can be measured by the pompous figures of the astronomer.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Primitive peoples tried to annul death by portraying the human body—we do it by finding substitutes for the human body. Technology instead of mysticism!”
—Max Frisch (1911–1991)