Posted on 03/10/2007 6:30:56 AM PST by devane617
THERE are a few exceptions which will always stand out, but most female stars yearn for a diminutive derriere.
However, it appears that the small and slender bottom is very much a recent trend after an archaeological discovery revealed how Stone Age pin-ups were far from size zero.
Ancient carvings depicting the female form 15,000 years ago reveal that prehistoric women were revered for their curvaceous bodies and prominent buttocks.
The most popular were the cave-dwellers’ equivalents of Kylie Minogue (pictured), whose renowned behind is the world’s most popular posterior.
Historians claim that the carvings – found at a site in Poland – reveal how curvy bottoms were regarded as the most attractive physical trait for women in Stone Age Europe.
Men looking for a mate ignored skinnier women and fought for females with the shapeliest behinds.
Experts said a well-presented bottom was a sign of wealth, health and a good diet.
They also suggested she would be a successful mother, able to produce lots of children and sent out a message to other men that her partner was a strong and successful hunter – making him more attractive to other women.
Around 30 of the figurines were unearthed at the dig and archaeologists believe they would have been carried by the travelling hunters as items of decorative beauty to admire while they were away from home and their loved ones.
The flat carvings were fashioned out of flint, bone, ivory and tooth.
They depict the profile of women minus their heads – strongly suggesting that cavemen were more interested in the shape of the body than the way a female looked.
Romuald Schild, of the Polish Academy of Sciences, who led the dig, said: “The engravings and figurines adhere to a style depicting feminine silhouettes with over represented buttocks.”
The site of the discovery in central Poland is a known Late Magdalenian settlement. It has thrown up 10,000 archaeological finds since 1993.
It is thought the discovery is in an area where hunters gathered to relax and swap stories.
Other remains include a woolly rhinoceros, horse and Arctic fox. Animal teeth and tusks were used in jewellery, made by the hunters in their spare time.
They also found time to carve the figurines, which prove that behind every outstanding Stone Age woman was an outstanding behind.
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There was a saying about measuring using ax handles.
What if all of these pictures and carvings were in fact vengeful, satirical depictions of mothers-in-law???
Cheers!
Tsk, tsk....
Btw, Joe Tex converted to Islam.
I'll have the roast duck in Mango sauce.
He sure made a couple great records, though, before insanity claimed him.
J Lo!
Stone Age spank material.
Your living in the wrong century, baby. But I'm a primitive guy.
Bean Poles need not apply...
Mars Needs Guitars - Hoodoo Gurus
I'm primitive, I'm a primitive man
I got a primitive girl, we make primitive love
I'm a stoneage Romeo, I got a spaceage Juliet
We make primitive love, 'cause I ain't got a T.V. set
I'm primitive that's what I am
I'm your primitive mate, I wanna be your man
I want you darling, you know I'm hip
Fly me to Venus, in a real gone rocket ship
I'm a primitive man, I said I am!
You're up to date, but I can't wait
I'm a stoneage Romeo, be my spaceage Juliet
We'll take guitars to Mars, and hit the discotheque!
I'd paleolith it.
A time.
And then another time.
Believe the saying was two ax handles and a plug of tobacco wide! There was something too about nailing a board across one's own rear to keep from getting pulled under!
In a minute someone with a better memory than mine will post the dialogue from the episode of the britcom "Coupling" where the flustered boyfriend goes on about women and their bums.
"...and when we invented fire did we think, great! Now we can have cooked food? No! It was, wonderful, now we can see bums at night!...."
ZAFTIG!
Monica!
Not that I have a letch for the generously proportioned, oh no, not me (four leering comments later...)!
Just out of curiosity, who is Kylie Minogue?
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