The figurine is presumed to have been made by modern humans
Posted on 05/14/2009 7:30:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The figurine is presumed to have been made by modern humans
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You are fast!
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I would suggest a young lad with an ability to carve and an imaginative libido. One not yet experienced in the true body proportions that only experience can give. IMHO ;-)
Meghan McCain?
Life was hard then ~ far more than we can imagine. That someone invested the time necessary to carve this piece suggests it served far higher purposes than pornography.
Unquestionably? Why?
This is the "Tan-Tan Venus". It is one of the oldest Venuses ever discovered. It was discovered during an archaeological expedition by Lutz Fiedler on the bank of the River Draa near the Moroccan town of Tan-Tan. It is a little over 2 inches in length and is thought to be about 300,000 to 500,000 years old.
Some people have noted a resemblance in the features, such as the protruding buttocks and tightly curled hair, to African Bushmen (Khoisan) and SE Asian Andaman Negritoes, both postulated to be among the most ancient of human races.
This is the very moment of delivery.
The more I look at this the more I realize it is a set of instructions for everyone involved in the birth of the baby.
This is the correct position for everything. (Having read Beck's Obstetrics a time or two "way back when" we had pregnant ladies in the office and my own kids were on the way).
If we had found an abundance of these carvings, I would agree (reflecting a deity?) … having found only one, mayhap my earlier premise might be more in line.
lmao!!!!!!!!
It’s a thing of great beauty - a tribute to the female role of giving birth.
I think you’re probably right.
Kind of reminds me of the question about "Why didn't the Romans invade Ireland", and more and more the answer seems to be that they didn't need to. No one tried to stop them and the place was technologically quite advanced. You could go to Ireland and get a tooth replaced with an implant, and if you needed trepanning, you would survive!
This particular carving has rows across the belly that correspond to significant dates for checking out the crown of the baby's head.
We did that for a lady in the office who'd earlier had a troublesome pregnancy and was very anxious that this one be perfect and that if any problems arose she would know about them in time to get to the hospital.
There's a lot of knowledge wrapped up in that carving.
Reminds me of the African fertility statues in Ripley’s Believe It or Not museum in Orlando, where a sign tells female visitors to touch the statue and you’ll get pregnant. Perhaps these prehistoric figurines had the same function.
It’s also a tribute to our San ancestors. They were reaching way out beyond the dark past and if I’m correct concerning the purpose of this carving, right into the lap of what is essentially modern scientific technique.
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