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Science & Technology - 1st prize

January 01, 1996

Human and animal embryos and fetuses: An 18-week-old monkey embryo, startlingly similar to a slightly younger human one.

January 01, 1996

Human and animal embryos and fetuses: Because the inner layer of skin is still growing, the veins are clearly visible.

January 01, 1996

Human and animal embryos and fetuses: The size of a chicken embryo's eyes reflects the importance of vision for its survival.

January 01, 1996

Human and animal embryos and fetuses: A chimpanzee fetus tests its grip on the umbilical cord, four months before its birth.

January 01, 1996

Human and animal embryos and fetuses.

January 01, 1996

Human and animal embryos and fetuses: At 61/2 weeks, a pig fetus's skull is still full of liquid.

January 01, 1996

Human and animal embryos and fetuses: A nine-week-old human fetus with its circulatory system in place, but its brain and nervous system still not mature. At this stage of development there is little to distinguish humans from other unborn vertebrates.

January 01, 1996

Human and animal embryos and fetuses: A lemur embryo less than halfway to birth.

January 01, 1996

Human and animal embryos and fetuses: A pig in-the-making, 30 days, just 7/8 inch long.

January 01, 1996

Human and animal embryos and fetuses: A short-tailed Asiatic monkey, ten weeks.

January 01, 1996

Human and animal embryos and fetuses.

January 01, 1996

Human and animal embryos and fetuses: A short-tailed Asiatic monkey, six weeks.

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Lennart Nilsson

for Life

1997 Photo Contest - Science & Technology - 1st prize
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Lennart Nilsson

for Life

01 January, 1996

Human and animal embryos and fetuses.

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