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Missing 'body' of ice age animal carving finally found — but nobody knows what the animal is
Live Science ^ | August 7, 2023 | Laura Geggel

Posted on 08/11/2023 1:09:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

The long-lost 'body' of mysterious ice age animal carving was discovered in German cave, but archaeologists aren't sure if it's a cave lion or cave bear.

Archaeologists in Germany have discovered the missing piece of an ice age carving deep in a cave. But the new addition of the ivory carving, originally thought to depict a horse, has actually complicated matters: Now, researchers aren't sure if it portrays a cave lion or a cave bear.

Researchers previously found the head of the 35,000-year-old figurine in the cave Hohle Fels in the mountainous Swabian Jura region in the southern part of the country. The cave, which translates to "hollow rock" in German, is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is well known for its Upper Paleolithic (about 50,000 to 12,000 years ago) artifacts. At the time, the carved head was the first known ivory carving from the cave.

But the newfound "body" part of the carving has thrown the equine interpretation out the window... The carving likely depicts a bear... But the carving also has similar anatomical features to a cave lion, which lived in Eurasia at the time.

After the initial 1999 finding of the head, researchers unearthed a total of five fragments of the ivory figurine, including a small piece of cheek. "It therefore makes sense to look extra carefully for the missing parts of this animal in the years to come," Conard said.

(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: aurignacian; caveart; donate; donatedonaldtrump; donatetrump; godsgravesglyphs; hohlefels; hohlefelscave; ivory; paleolithic
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Is it a cave lion or a cave bear? As seen from the front right.
Image credit: Ria Litzenberg/University of Tubingen
Image credit: Ria Litzenberg/University of Tubingen

1 posted on 08/11/2023 1:09:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Looks like a...


2 posted on 08/11/2023 1:13:43 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: SunkenCiv

I say it is a Dire Wolf.


3 posted on 08/11/2023 1:14:31 PM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: DouglasKC

LOL!


4 posted on 08/11/2023 1:14:48 PM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: SunkenCiv

Were the pieces superglued together?


5 posted on 08/11/2023 1:15:38 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: SunkenCiv

looks like a giant land sloth


6 posted on 08/11/2023 1:16:27 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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7 posted on 08/11/2023 1:16:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: DouglasKC
Looks like a...

Drooling rectum?

8 posted on 08/11/2023 1:17:08 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Or an ant eater.


9 posted on 08/11/2023 1:17:09 PM PDT by Obadiah
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To: SunkenCiv

Be careful. Not sure where that thing’s been!


10 posted on 08/11/2023 1:21:13 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: DouglasKC

So your saying it’s a two faced scum sucking weasel?


11 posted on 08/11/2023 1:21:23 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Bear....................


12 posted on 08/11/2023 1:22:40 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: SunkenCiv

The head doesn’t look like it goes to the body if the piece was a solid one-piece carving that broke apart.


13 posted on 08/11/2023 1:23:16 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: rlmorel

Xacly


14 posted on 08/11/2023 1:23:21 PM PDT by samadams2000
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To: SunkenCiv

It plainly says on the side of it “O E O O H” which is Neanderthal for “Bear”.


15 posted on 08/11/2023 1:24:12 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (Don't shoot until you see the whites of their lies)
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To: SunkenCiv

That looks like pretty good art work for 35,000 years ago. I’m not sure I would want to equate to a scientific discovery of a new mammal however.

Around my neck of the woods they found some “tools” that were 8,000 years old. To me they looked pretty much like rocks.


16 posted on 08/11/2023 1:27:15 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: Obadiah

Oh! good one


17 posted on 08/11/2023 1:27:51 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: bunkerhill7

I’m waiting for a Gary Larson cartoon.


18 posted on 08/11/2023 1:27:57 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: SunkenCiv

What ever it is, it looks like it has a halter on it’s nose. That is curious...


19 posted on 08/11/2023 1:28:22 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: SunkenCiv

Manbearpig?


20 posted on 08/11/2023 1:29:08 PM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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