Comments on: 35,000-year-old Human Figurine: Oldest Ever?

By: n.gagnon

n.gagnon — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:49:09 +0000

This ancient ivory “headless” figurine of a woman is almost identical to a Malta (island south of Italy) Neolithic figurine – fertility goddess. See link below – scroll halfway down to view pic:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://barclay1720.tripod.com/hist /images/maltavenus3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://barclay1720.tripod.com/hist/ paleo/neovenus.htm&usg=__7Krs4uayVG3lVu9B8223h3bz6LM=&h=399&w=338&sz=1 9&hl=en&start=1&sig2=6JpyFGm3tpgtzmOvEvE2JQ&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=Q6MPbfQU XDHl6M:&tbnh=124&tbnw=105&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmalta%2Bfemale%2Bfigure%2 6um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=hQw5TPylNIKclgeStd2wBA

N.Gagnon – explorer

By: Yang99Ying

Yang99Ying — Fri, 22 May 2009 22:46:04 +0000

Looking at about half the comments here I think there is good evidence that evolution is running backwards.

This figurine represents an incredible part of the common heritage of all people. There is no way to understand the context in which it was made but given that “porn” is a modern concept it is not “porn”. It reflects sexuality for sure but sexuality as it has been throughout most of the history of humanity. Mystic and spiritual, tied to pleasure and procreation, natural and supernatural. Interwoven with life.

Over sexed nerds getting each other off with crude comments while drooling over internet images of digitally enhanced fantasy women are a new phenomenon. I doubt they will last as long as this and the other “Venus” figures.

Some things deserve respect simply because of what they are.

By: Katey

Katey — Mon, 18 May 2009 04:02:24 +0000

Ajan, you’re a riot.

By: ted

ted — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:03:50 +0000

Gauldar, they STOP talking?

By: Ajan

Ajan — Sat, 16 May 2009 08:26:55 +0000

Obviously carved by a guy with peculiar tastes.. Ah, c’mon, women always liked to be slim

Newaz, women back then had less work, so it is a bit obvious that all they had to do was (not watching TV) watching the drams in their villages or tribes and look after the house. No work back then (meant for laundry and stuff)

By: an

an — Sat, 16 May 2009 07:10:25 +0000

“This sculpture may look a little bit like a roast chicken, but don’t let that distract you”

I LOL’d.

By: Video Game Dork

Video Game Dork — Fri, 15 May 2009 06:44:24 +0000

man, what if that’s *exactly* what a woman looked like back then? AAAghhhhghhhhH!

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:44:26 +0000

Baby got back!

By: Foreigner1

Foreigner1 — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:55:09 +0000

Why when we want to depict Christian religion, does the cross and the thorns on the head have all the attention…?

If the priests or sjamans of this religion were women, they could also very well have made these all bums and breasts sculptures.

In some African cultures it is still very sexy and desirable to be very fat and visibly Fertile.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:44:32 +0000

@Medussa

If a woman made it the head would be bigger or as big as the breasts. As for guys, we hardly notice that part until they start talking.

By: Foreigner1

Foreigner1 — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:38:04 +0000

….Soooooo Primitive………….

By: GQ

GQ — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:10:47 +0000

Amazing how similar it is to the The Venus of Willendorf! This is a very exciting find.

By: medussa

medussa — Thu, 14 May 2009 04:44:27 +0000

Why are we all so convinced this was carved by a guy? Maybe this was early lesbian art? An advertising standup to inspire the girls at their Weight Watchers meeting? A kindergarten art project for Mother’s Day?

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Thu, 14 May 2009 04:44:05 +0000

As much as I think Sigmund Freud was an idiot, sometimes a roast chicken is just a roast chicken.

By: seefish3

seefish3 — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:16:18 +0000

I’d heard that before, Vbnx, and repeating it has caused a revelation…can we blame the media for making us fat by showing us primarily thinner people? Are we eating more because our heroes are all too thin?

Perhaps a conspiracy theory deserving of it’s own website?

I gotta quit smokin’ this stuff…

By: Vbnx

Vbnx — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:48:04 +0000

The well fed look was very desirable, it was a sign that life was good and there was plenty of food.

By: oezicomix

oezicomix — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:47:12 +0000

gotta love this: when asked about the possible meaning about the figurine (which was appearantly worn around the neck), archaeologist nicholas conrad replied: “i wasn’t there 40,000 years ago, and bottom line, i haven’t got a clue.” (http://www.netzeitung.de/wissenschaft/1354379.html)

By: Byrd Brain

Byrd Brain — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:26:57 +0000

It’s pretty standard representation for internet know-it-alls.

The Chasmere is not the best at it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Willendorf_was not_made_in_the_neolithic_period,_but_upper paleolithic._And_this_roast_chicken_looking_one_is 10,000_years_older_than_that.

By: Cashmere

Cashmere — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:18:05 +0000

It’s pretty standard representation for neolithic female figures.

The Venus of Willendorf is the most famous.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Willendorf

By: caitlin13

caitlin13 — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:29:47 +0000

Are you sure? Cause it looks like a chicken.

By: Loomis

Loomis — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:51:05 +0000

I sure do love the rubenesque woman. It’s written into the genetic code of most men, seek out a nice a pair of…hips. Yeah, that too.

By: DaveL

DaveL — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:46:06 +0000

It is said that they eat the dead…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5REaxl15uI&feature=PlayList&p=87EBD63B 927C0E02&index=0&playnext=1

By: Geekazoid

Geekazoid — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:18:54 +0000

Come on now, this is obviously a chicken!

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:44:49 +0000

There you have it ladies, men have had their head in the gutter for 35,000 years. Abandon all hope for us, it ain’t getting any better! But then again, it does prove that the whole misconception about the whole anorexic hourglass figure which has been hammered into our culture for so many years. Even men back then knew real women had curves! Damn, now I’m hungry for roasted chicken.

By: Dave Hall

Dave Hall — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:40:57 +0000

Obviously carved by a guy.