Posted on 11/02/2007 8:50:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Jill Cook, Deputy Keeper in the Department said: "Had I been shown this outline of a mammoth during a visit to one of the well known cave art sites in France or Spain, I would have nodded and been able to accept it in the context of other more obvious pictures. At Gough's, or anywhere in England, it is not so easy. Cave art is so rare here that we must always question and test to make sure we are getting it right. Opinions on this may differ but we do seem to be looking at an area of ancient rock surface and the lines which appear to form the head and back of the mammoth could have been made by a stone tool. They are certainly different from natural markings on the cave wall. This little cartoon might well represent a moment of quiet reflection by someone using the cave 13,000 years ago. It is yet another aspect of the site which suggests that the cave may have been special to the people who used it at the end of the Last Ice Age."
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Good thing the tree is there to hold her up!
Forget the tree. The tensile strength of those bra straps is amazing.
Mammoth? Looks more like a giant paramecium to me.
Its obviously a picture of a pair of legs sticking out from under a blanket.
Apparently these caves have been popular fromage to age.
After post # 19, maybe I should rephrase that as pair’o meseeum!
And just think of the potential franchising this mammoth & cheddar combo with # 19 as a marketing ploy!
dayum...
If that pic ain’t photo shopped, just think of how much fun you’d have oilin’ them up and tryin to hold em both in one hand!!
You’d need a big styro- take-out box...
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