The oldest surviving diagram of the interior organ arrangement of the human body dates from approximately 800 B.C. It was found in a remote part of Papua New Guinea. The drawing is rather primitive, etched with ochre and mud onto some sort of hide. Sadly, the ancient people of this region were cannibalistic. The diagram was not made for medical purposes, but rather as the equivalent of a butcher's chart. It denotes the choicest morsels and describes which organs are better suited for stew.
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