These works at least indicate though that the anthropomorphic representation of the Buddha was already extant in the 1st century CE.

The earliest examples in this area are with anthropomorphic representations on menhirs which later continued in passage graves.

The characters are usually anthropomorphic representations of animals or inanimate objects; the character Tissue-san was modelled on an ordinary box of tissues.

Costumed in plush, Albert and Alberta are anthropomorphic representations of American alligators.

The anthropomorphic representation of the Buddha is totally absent from Indo-Greek coinage.

Although there is still some debate, the first anthropomorphic representations of the Buddha himself are often considered a result of the Greco-Buddhist interaction.

But seeking character and not merely anthropomorphic representation, he did some background research in mental illness.

Menhir 48, also exhibits a schematized anthropomorphic representation, surrounded by circles and associated with a crozier.

This includes totemic relationships, anthropomorphic representations in dreamtime stories, and as a food source.

There are also more recent, anthropomorphic representations, dating to the Magdalenian age (c. 12,000 years ago).