Simply amazed that the existence of a
symbol that is long enough. In the world of science course, this
symbol is used for the first time in 1753 by the author of the book Species Plantarum. Previously, the
symbols that express
male and
female was found on ancient relics in the prehistoric era.
Before there was writing, prehistoric peoples using pictures and symbols to "communicate". The experts tried to find a relationship why these
symbols are used to indicate
male and
female.
Some say the sign of the circle and arrows indicate that men at the time were known as hunters armed with spears, while the
symbol of a circle with a cross below it, as the
depiction of women, shows that
women have a tendency to mirror (the
symbol is analogous to a mirror-handled).
But there is also a mention that the
symbols that have experienced changes since long, which is derived from the human physical form
men and
women.