A 36,200-year-old carving from Grotte des Gorges, Amange, Jura, France

A 36,200-year-old carving from Grotte des Gorges, Amange, Jura, France

Abstract The earliest European carvings, made of mammoth ivory, depict animals, humans, and anthropomorphs. They are found at Early Aurignacian sites of the Swabian Jura in Germany. Despite the wide geographical spread of the Aurignacian across Europe, these carvings have no contemporaneous counterp...

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Main Authors: Francesco d’Errico, Serge David, Hélène Coqueugniot, Christian Meister, Ewa Dutkiewicz, Romain Pigeaud, Luca Sitzia, Didier Cailhol, Mathieu Bosq, Christophe Griggo, Jehanne Affolter, Alain Queffelec, Luc Doyon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39897-7

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39897-7

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