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Full-Figured Statuette, 35,000 Years Old, Provides New Clues to How Art Evolved
New York Times ^
| May 13, 2009
| JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
Posted on 05/14/2009 10:11:11 AM PDT by ETL
No one would mistake the Stone Age ivory carving for a Venus de Milo. The voluptuous woman depicted is, to say the least, earthier, with huge, projecting breasts and sexually explicit genitals.
Nicholas J. Conard, an archaeologist at the University of Tübingen, in Germany, who found the small carving in a cave last year, said it was at least 35,000 years old, “one of the oldest known examples of figurative art” in the world. It is about 5,000 years older than some other so-called Venus artifacts made by early populations of Homo sapiens in Europe.
Another archaeologist, Paul Mellars of the University of Cambridge, in England, agreed and went on to remark on the obvious. By modern standards, he said, the figurine’s blatant sexuality “could be seen as bordering on the pornographic.”
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: art; creation; evolution; godsgravesglyphs
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05/14/2009 10:11:12 AM PDT
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ETL
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posted on
05/14/2009 10:11:33 AM PDT
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ETL
(ALL the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: ETL
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05/14/2009 10:12:56 AM PDT
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SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: ETL
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05/14/2009 10:13:14 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(When you put Democrats in charge, stupid things happen)
To: ETL
It looks like a chicken with breast implants.
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posted on
05/14/2009 10:14:17 AM PDT
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mewzilla
(In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
To: ETL
Bill Clinton would hit it.
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05/14/2009 10:14:48 AM PDT
by
Recovering Hermit
("A liberal feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.")
To: ETL
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05/14/2009 10:15:10 AM PDT
by
bereanway
(Sarah get your gun)
To: ETL
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05/14/2009 10:15:11 AM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 115 of our national holiday from reality.)
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05/14/2009 10:15:39 AM PDT
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BigEdLB
(Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
To: BigEdLB
Maybe it broke off. That sor of thing has happened since.
To: BigEdLB
That’s not a head. It’s a neck. I think this thing is an anthropomorphized chicken.
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05/14/2009 10:18:53 AM PDT
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mewzilla
(In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
To: ETL
Hmmmm..., 35,000 year-old porno?
To: reagan_fanatic
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05/14/2009 10:20:40 AM PDT
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Vendome
To: Recovering Hermit
Bill Clinton would hit it. Lol! Didn't he once say something like that about a 4,000 or so year-old female mummy on a museum trip?
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05/14/2009 10:27:03 AM PDT
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ETL
(ALL the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: mewzilla
It looks like a chicken with breast implants. LOL!! It do, don't it!
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posted on
05/14/2009 10:32:30 AM PDT
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ETL
(ALL the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: ETL
It was probably early pornography. Something for the boys to look at while they were away on the hunt.
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05/14/2009 10:33:00 AM PDT
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PGR88
To: ETL
The full figure meant the artist spent a lot of time feeling very hungry.
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05/14/2009 10:35:12 AM PDT
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Reeses
(Leftism is powered by the evil force of envy.)
To: ETL
That’s not a woman, its a turkey with goiters.
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05/14/2009 10:38:12 AM PDT
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SampleMan
(Socialism enslaves you & kills your soul.)
To: Reeses
“The full figure meant the artist spent a lot of time feeling very hungry.”
Starving artist?
To: PGR88
...and if they were hunting chicken, it could inspire twice!
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05/14/2009 10:40:00 AM PDT
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Grut
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