30,000-year-old carving might be work of Neanderthals or modern humans.
Intricate ivory carvings said to be the oldest known examples of figurative art have been uncovered in a cave in southwestern Germany. Researchers say that the finding could change our understanding of early man's imaginative endeavours.
The artefacts - including a figurine depicting a Lowenmensch ('lion man') - have been carbon-dated to around 30,000 years ago, when some of the earliest known relatives of modern humans populated Europe.
Discovered last year by a team led by US archaeologist Nicholas Conard of the University of Tübingen in Germany, at the Hohle Fels cave near Ulm, the objects include figures depicting a horse and a bird.
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Can you imagine the first human, being inspired to carve something
out of the ivory (tusk?) and showing it to everyone?
Great article, starlyte!
out of the ivory (tusk?) and showing it to everyone?
Great article, starlyte!
Let's hope we don't find out that people did it on Holiday, like the 2,000 year old rock carving 
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