Navel Gazing

Perusing the current (Sept/Oct 2008) issue of Biblical Archeology Review (BAR) on a recent afternoon, I ran across an obscure controversy which made me laugh and think at the same time; namely, did Adam and Eve have belly buttons? Were they left with "unnecessary" umbilical evidence? (Did they have appendixes for that matter???) Evidently this debate was quite the controversy during the Renaissance - with prominent artists (ala Michaelangelo) on either side of the issue; some painted the navel, others would not. Others still would merely cover the area with branches, leaves, or "other artistic devices". Good stuff!