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While we're on the subject, here's an example of a design inference.
Todd Moody
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>'Lump of rock' turns out to be world's first sculpture
>By David Keys, Archaeology Correspondent
>24 September 2000
>A stone dismissed by experts as no more than a lump of rock has been
>identified
>as the world's first sculpture and the oldest piece of figurative art
>ever
>seen.
>
>New scientific data suggests that early humans were producing
>representations
>of life 220,000 years ago, 170,000 years earlier than previously
>thought. It is
>a discovery which could revolutionise our understanding of human
>development.
>
>Italian and American archaeologists used powerful microscopes to prove
>that a
>figurine-like piece of volcanic stone from the Golan Heights on Israel's
>border
>with Syria is in fact a primitive sculpture, deliberately chiselled and
>shaped
>by human hands.
>
>The data from their examination suggests that the prehistoric object was
>intended to portray a human being, probably a woman. Yet, since its
>discovery
>15 years ago, the rock has been disregarded by most academics.
>
>The researchers; Francesco d'Errico of the French National Centre for
>Scientific Research, and April Nowall of the University of Victoria in
>Canada,
>found that the early human sculptor had used some sort of flint chisel
>to chip
>away at a point around 25 per cent down from the top of the lump of rock
>to
>produce a neck.
>
>Full text:
>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/World/Middle_East/2000-0/sculpture240900=
.shtml
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Phylos,
Here is a design inference.
- Bryan
THE INDEPENDENT
news | World | Middle_East
'Lump of rock' turns out to be world's first sculpture
By David Keys, Archaeology Correspondent
24 September 2000
A stone dismissed by experts as no more than a lump of rock has been
identified
as the world's first sculpture and the oldest piece of figurative art
ever
seen.
New scientific data suggests that early humans were producing
representations
of life 220,000 years ago, 170,000 years earlier than previously
thought. It is
a discovery which could revolutionise our understanding of human
development.
Italian and American archaeologists used powerful microscopes to prove
that a
figurine-like piece of volcanic stone from the Golan Heights on
Israel's
border
with Syria is in fact a primitive sculpture, deliberately chiselled
and
shaped
by human hands.
The data from their examination suggests that the prehistoric object
was
intended to portray a human being, probably a woman. Yet, since its
discovery
15 years ago, the rock has been disregarded by most academics.
The researchers; Francesco d'Errico of the French National Centre for
Scientific Research, and April Nowall of the University of Victoria in
Canada,
found that the early human sculptor had used some sort of flint chisel
to chip
away at a point around 25 per cent down from the top of the lump of
rock
to
produce a neck.
Full text:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/World/Middle_East/2000-09/sculpture240900.shtml
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