Anthropomorphic Art May be the Oldest Art
Feb. 2nd, 2013 10:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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The Lion Man mammoth tusk ivory statuette has been redated to 40k years old:
http://archive.archaeology.org/1203/features/stadelhole_hohlenstein_paleolithic_lowenmensch.html
Oops; that's the wrong link, an older one from 2011. Here is the right one:
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Ice-Age-iLion-Mani-is-worlds-earliest-figurative-sculpture/28595
The Lion Man mammoth tusk ivory statuette has been redated to 40k years old:
http://archive.archaeology.org/1203/features/stadelhole_hohlenstein_paleolithic_lowenmensch.html
Oops; that's the wrong link, an older one from 2011. Here is the right one:
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Ice-Age-iLion-Mani-is-worlds-earliest-figurative-sculpture/28595
