World's 1st carved horse: The 35,000-year-old ivory figurine from Vogelherd cave (www.livescience.com)

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Considered the oldest known horse sculpture made by anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens), this horse-shaped figurine is carved out of mammoth ivory. The palm-sized artifact measures roughly 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) high and 1.9 inches (4.8 cm) long and includes details such as a carved mouth, nostrils, eyes and mane. Although the ivory horse's head is complete, all four of its legs have been broken off. Archaeologists think the sculpture depicts a stallion, according to the Bradshaw Foundation, which asks, "Is this a stallion trying to impress a mare or a horse arching and kicking backwards against a predator?"

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Awful headline; stupid and wrong.

Not ‘first’, but oldest known.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

They got it perfect and detailed on the first try!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

hehe horsey

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

This is really good

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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

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