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Feb202013

Ice Age Lion Man Is World’s Earliest Figurative Sculpture

DateWednesday, February 20, 2013 at 12:08PM

40,000 years old: Lion Man sculpture. Photo: Thomas Stephan, © Ulmer Museum

“New pieces of Ulm’s Lion Man sculpture have been discovered and it has been found to be much older than originally thought, at around 40,000 years. This makes it the world’s earliest figurative sculpture.”

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