Third gender History

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  • Period: 7000 BCE to 1700 BCE

    Mediterranean

    Among the sexual depictions in Neolithic and Bronze Age drawings and figurines from the Mediterranean are, as one author describes it, a "third sex" human figure having female breasts and male genitals or without distinguishing sex characteristics.
  • Period: 7000 BCE to 1700 BCE

    Italy

    In Neolithic Italy, female images are found in a domestic context, while images that combine sexual characteristics appear in burials or religious settings.
  • Period: 7000 BCE to 1700 BCE

    Greece and Cyprus

    In Neolithic Greece and Cyprus, figures are often dual-sexed or without identifying sexual characteristics.[3]