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(I bet you've never seen a Olmec that looks like this, huh? )

El Luchador

Unlike the posing or abstracted stances of humans in other Olmec works, this piece has a sense of activity and motion. "El Luchador" means "The Wrestler", named for the defensive posture in the arms and back. An interesting thing about this man is his mustache and goatee - these were rare in Mesoamerica, so rare that they signified nobility or even divinity. NMAH

[RightWhale]

Olmec were from Ethiopia. Some Yemenis could be among them.

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Statue found in Olmec ruins.

[u-89]

That animated Olmec statue looks Chinese or Japanese to me.