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Paper, 'Orang-outang, sive Homo Sylvestris, or the anatomy of the pygmie compared with the monkey, an ape and man' by Edward Tyson

Reference number: CLP/22i/49

Date: 1699

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Read to the Royal Society on 9 August 1699.

Subject: Zoology

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CLP/22i/49
Earliest possible date
1699
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Ink on paper
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Orang-outang, sive Homo Sylvestris, or the anatomy of the pygmie compared with the monkey, an ape and man' by Edward Tyson, 1699, CLP/22i/49, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_22i_49/paper-orang-outang-sive-homo-sylvestris-or-the-anatomy-of-the-pygmie-compared-with-the-monkey-an-ape-and-man-by-edward-tyson, accessed on 21 April 2026

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