Ice Age Artists Took Cues from Ivory Itself, 18,000-Year-Old Figurines from Ukraine Suggest

Roughly 18,000 years ago, in what is now northern Ukraine, artists carved small female figurines from mammoth ivory and covered them with zigzags and meanders. The post Ice Age Artists Took Cues from Ivory Itself, 18,000-Year-Old Figurines from Ukraine Suggest appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .

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