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Undergraduate Erika Gutenmacher wins Anatomical Society International Undergraduate Anatomy Arts and Crafts Competition 2024

6 May 2025

Erika Gutenmacher, a third year undergraduate in Applied Anatomy BSc at the School of Anatomy, University of Bristol has been awarded first prize in the Anatomical Society International Undergraduate Anatomy Arts and Crafts Competition 2024.

This year the theme was “Anatomy Through the Lens of Time” with Erikas art piece entitled “Playing the Game”.

 


"The art piece Playing the Game explores the competitive nature of evolution, inspired by Charles Darwin's theories of natural selection. The back features a pelican, nodding to Darwin's finch illustrations related to adaptive evolution. The King of Hearts symbolises humanity's dominance in the animal kingdom, reflecting millions of years of progress. In the centre, the skeletal structures of a human and chimpanzee foot illustrate their morphological similarities, highlighting the ongoing debate on the evolution of bipedalism. While the chimpanzee foot is specialised for grasping, the human foot, having lost this ability, is optimised for bipedal locomotion. This artwork invites viewers to contemplate the complexities of bipedal evolution and the anatomical changes that shaped humanity's current evolutionary standing."

View all entries and the virtual exhibition: https://www.glasgowaac.com/exhibition-2024.html

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