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Stone age porn
ananova ^ | 4/3/05 | staff

Posted on 04/04/2005 5:23:48 AM PDT by pissant

Archaeologists in Germany have found what could be the oldest pornographic scene in the world.

They have unearthed what they believe to be the 7,200-year-old figurines of a couple having sex, reports the Guardian.

The find, at an archaeological dig in Leipzig, shatters the belief that sex was a taboo subject in the stone age era.

First, Harald Stäuble of the Archaeological Institute of Saxony, discovered the 8cm lower half of a man, which he named Adonis von Zschernitz.

One month later, Dr Stäuble found what could be the matching female figurine.

Dr Stäuble said: "Adonis is bent forward and the female figure is bent forward even more.

"There are two ways of looking at this. The first is that they were doing a ritual dance, but the other possibility is that the man and woman were copulating and that he was standing behind her.

"The copulation option is far more likely, and would make this the oldest representation ever of a pornographic scene."


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Good to know some things never change....
1 posted on 04/04/2005 5:23:48 AM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

It certainly lends new meaning to the word petroglyph.


2 posted on 04/04/2005 5:26:54 AM PDT by cripplecreek (I'm apathetic but really don't care.)
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To: pissant

3 posted on 04/04/2005 5:37:42 AM PDT by KidGlock (Get in the pit and try to love some one)
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To: KidGlock

Excellent find KG!


4 posted on 04/04/2005 5:40:04 AM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant
Adonis von Zschernitz.

a distant relative of Johan VanDerschmutzen aka "Goldmember". A Hedonistic Dutch metallurgist who lost his genitalia in an unfortunate smelting accident

veird ya?

5 posted on 04/04/2005 5:46:16 AM PDT by Revelation 911
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To: Revelation 911

ya 'tis.


6 posted on 04/04/2005 5:47:13 AM PDT by pissant
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It is now near certain that the missionary position was not in common use for 5,000 more years.


7 posted on 04/04/2005 5:49:35 AM PDT by bert (Peace is only halftime !)
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To: pissant

And how is it that the act of copulation, represented in art, equates to pornography? I guess I missed that.


8 posted on 04/04/2005 5:51:21 AM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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To: snarks_when_bored

Does it have to be a photo to be porn? These cave-dwellers musta been pre-Flintsone, cause Fred and Wilma had a camera (the woodpecker chipped it out, if I recall)


9 posted on 04/04/2005 5:57:35 AM PDT by pissant
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10 posted on 04/04/2005 6:35:26 AM PDT by Dallas59 (" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
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To: Dallas59

Yep, and wasn't there something goin on between Holly and Chaka in Land of the Lost?


11 posted on 04/04/2005 6:37:15 AM PDT by pissant
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And what's with that Fred and Wilma and Barney and Betty? Do you think it was kind of like Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice?


12 posted on 04/04/2005 6:39:50 AM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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I can't believe I actually found websites for that series!
13 posted on 04/04/2005 6:40:33 AM PDT by Dallas59 (" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
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To: snarks_when_bored

Were they all swingers??


14 posted on 04/04/2005 6:40:41 AM PDT by pissant
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To: Dallas59

Yeah, and it looks like Chaka's left hand is pawing at Holly, no?


15 posted on 04/04/2005 6:41:31 AM PDT by pissant
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I'm wondering... And don't even mention Dino!


16 posted on 04/04/2005 6:44:09 AM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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One of my favorite episodes was when Rock Hudstone (or was it Cary Granite) came to town and Wilma and Betty went into a protracted swoon.


17 posted on 04/04/2005 6:47:45 AM PDT by pissant
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Dang...I must've missed that one.


18 posted on 04/04/2005 6:48:59 AM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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