Ice Age Artists Turned the Natural Patterns of Mammoth Tusks into Art 18,000 Years Ago
Around 18,000 years ago, artists living in what is now northern Ukraine carved small human figures from mammoth ivory. A new study suggests that the…
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Two Tiny 40,000-Year-Old Ivory Birds Unearthed in Germany’s Hohle Fels Cave
Archaeologists working in Germany’s Hohle Fels Cave have uncovered two miniature bird figurines carved from mammoth ivory around 40,000 years ago. Barely larger than a…