Anthropomorphic Art May be the Oldest Art

[stickmaker]

Wow.

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